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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. May and Captain Bourke find they both share an interest in what subject?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Horses.
(c) Milton.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. What has Helen become during her time with the tribe?
(a) A successful artist and a woman of financial success.
(b) A frightening woman of power because of her art.
(c) A successful but poor artist.
(d) A frightened woman hated because of her art.

3. What is unusual about the hat that Lydia wears to wave goodbye to the party led by Captain Bourke?
(a) It resembles an Indian headress as seen by New York designers.
(b) It has special pom poms.
(c) It has even more feathers than the first hat she wore.
(d) It has no feathers.

4. What does May believe happened during the wedding ceremony?
(a) She was drugged as part of the ceremony.
(b) The ceremony was a secret affair.
(c) Some of the women were forced to leave.
(d) The men exchanged wives.

5. What information does the blacksmith's family that houses Phemie tell about the Cheyenne?
(a) They are known for being excellent thieves when they visit the forts.
(b) They are well organized, but not particularly clean.
(c) They are very rigid and that women are not treated well.
(d) They are considered the most handsome and cleanest of the Indian tribes, and their women most virtuous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Jimmy?

3. During the final part of the trip to meet the Cheyenne, what does Captain Bourke tell the women about the Indians?

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

5. Two days after May meets Captain Bourke, where does he invite her to do?

(see the answer key)

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