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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 18 September, 19 September and 20 September 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about Stares at Sun, the old Indian who wins the target contest?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is female.
(c) He is crippled.
(d) He is elderly.

2. How does Lieutenant James' wife, Abigail, treat May when she stays with the family?
(a) She is solicitous to May.
(b) She is cruel to May.
(c) She is kind to May.
(d) She is aloof toward May.

3. Why does May feel the need to be close to Chief Little Wolf after the kidnapping ordeal?
(a) She is afraid to be in the tent with other members of her family.
(b) She is afraid he will now divorce her because she was raped.
(c) She is afraid and needs the comfort of his being close.
(d) She is sure she is now his favorite wife.

4. What does May see is so damaging to the Indians?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Promiscuity.
(c) War games.
(d) Smoking.

5. What is "Seano?"
(a) It is the netherword where Cheyenne souls go to wait to enter heaven.
(b) It is the place that evil Cheyenne go.
(c) It is the place all Cheyenne go when they die.
(d) It is the place where only the good Cheyenne go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Martha decide to join the Brides for Indians program?

2. What does Narcissis do at the fort?

3. After May returns to her tent, what is Martha most concerned about?

4. What does May try to discourage the Indians from doing during a special council meeting?

5. After the wild events at the council meeting, how does May feel about the position of the women in the tribe?

(see the answer key)

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