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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 effect does Phemie's victory in the races have on the women?
(a) They are frightened about how the men will react.
(b) They are united in their pleasure that a woman won.
(c) They decide to demand qual treatment.
(d) It has no effect at all.

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

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. After the wild events at the council meeting, how does May feel about the position of the women in the tribe?
(a) That they are family.
(b) That they are guests.
(c) That they are captives.
(d) That they are strangers.

5. How does May describe herself during a conversation at the dinner table about religion?
(a) A Catholic.
(b) A Protestant.
(c) A bit of an agnostic.
(d) An Anglican.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Daisy Lovelace?

2. According to May's diary, what does Narcissa White considers herself to be?

3. What is Captain Bourke disturbed to learn about what the women don't know?

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

5. What were May Dodd's feelings while she rode the train on her way to become one of the Brides for Indians?

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