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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) Indescribable odors of bedding, people, and smoke.
(b) Smells of the horses that live so close to the people.
(c) Wonderful smells of cooking.
(d) Clean smells of the laundry.

2. What does Helen Flight tell Lydia Bradley about the feathers in her new hat?
(a) The feathers are from a bird that is almost extinct.
(b) Those particular feathers are cheap and easy to come by.
(c) The Seminole Indians kill the birds in order to get the feathers.
(d) It is silly to put feathers on hats.

3. What do the women learn as they get near the Indians?
(a) Enemy Sioux Indians want to kidnap the woman.
(b) A month earlier, Lt. Levi Robinson was murdered by Sioux.
(c) Enemy Sioux Indians want to kill the women.
(d) Several people on previous trips have gotten lost in the wild, unexplored territory.

4. What things were an important part of the wedding ceremony?
(a) Instructions on properly serving their new husbands.
(b) Instructions on how to be good Indian wives.
(c) Food and instruction on how to prepare this special food.
(d) Music, singing, and dancing.

5. What is the one diversion the women are able to enjoy at Fort Laramie?
(a) The sewing circle that the officers' wives had.
(b) The long walks in the common area.
(c) The reading library near the officers' quarters.
(d) The communal meals held in the officers' dining hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Gretchen Fathauer described?

2. How does May describe the military guard accompanying them on their journey?

3. What does May say about her children in her letter to Harry?

4. How does May describe the cowboys she sees?

5. According to tribal custom, because Marie Blanche's husband is dead and she is pregnant, what happens to her?

(see the answer key)

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