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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After May returns to her tent, what is Martha most concerned about?
(a) Captain Bourke will refuse to continue to accompany them.
(b) May will marry Captain Bourke.
(c) May will leave her and the group.
(d) Captain Bourke will refuse to allow May to become a bride.

2. Who is Sara Johnstone?
(a) A young woman who also lived at the asylum, but who never speaks.
(b) A cleaning woman at the asylum.
(c) A cheerful, verbose young women.
(d) A woman who wants to learn about Indians firsthand.

3. Sitting in the tipi at the end of her arrival day in camp, what does May realize?
(a) Perhaps the insane asylum was not as bad as she thought.
(b) She is looking forward to the adventure.
(c) This is a tremendous opportunity even though it is frightening.
(d) She has always been foolish and impetuous.

4. What does May try to discourage the Indians from doing during a special council meeting?
(a) Arranging fights to the death to determine the superior warriors.
(b) Raiding the nearest fort and surrounding farms for supplies.
(c) Sending a raiding party off to capture more white women.
(d) Going to war on an enemy tribe.

5. How does May describe her first few days with the tribe?
(a) Boring and tedious with nothing to do.
(b) Spent under guard in her tent.
(c) Spent learning sign language.
(d) Full of hard, physical labor and no privacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May see is so damaging to the Indians?

2. How do the women first meet some of the members of the Cheyenne tribe?

3. Who is the Kelly twins' ace-in-the-hole in their gambling enterprise?

4. What is unusual about the hat that Lydia wears to wave goodbye to the party led by Captain Bourke?

5. How does Lieutenant James' wife, Abigail, treat May when she stays with the family?

(see the answer key)

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