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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 15 June 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of the smells involved with living with the Indians that make an impression on May?
(a) Smells of the horses that live so close to the people.
(b) Wonderful smells of cooking.
(c) Indescribable odors of bedding, people, and smoke.
(d) Clean smells of the laundry.

2. What event occurs that makes May feel that men are foolish, loutish creatures?
(a) The men shoot the buffalo and leave them to die.
(b) The men proposition the women.
(c) The men make lewd comments about the women.
(d) The men shoot a buffalo and insist on eating it.

3. Who is Jimmy?
(a) The young man who supplies the food.
(b) The young man who will help bring back the horses.
(c) A rough lad who knows a lot about the country's topography.
(d) The young man who is going to trade with the Indians.

4. On the night she was taken to the asylum, what happened to Mary's babies?
(a) They were given to Harry Ames to take away.
(b) They took her babies to her parent's home, where they pleaded with her to come and live with them.
(c) They were taken from her.
(d) She and her babies were taken far away and left alone to fend for themselves.

5. How does May describe some farmers in the field?
(a) Gaunt and hopeless as they try to plow the fields.
(b) Lazy and shiftless with fields that suffer from neglect.
(c) Very interested in the women.
(d) Healthy and successful, plowing beautiful fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the women approach the Indian tribe, what do they learn about the Indians?

2. What does Reverend Hare tell May she is when she returns to camp?

3. What do the women learn as they get near the Indians?

4. May and Captain Bourke find they both share an interest in what subject?

5. When the Cheyenne come to inspect the white women, what does May realize that Captain Bourke understands?

(see the answer key)

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