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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 24 February, 28 February.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does May find repugnant about the religious practices of the Cheyenne?
(a) The use of drugs.
(b) Human sacrifices.
(c) Self mutiliation.
(d) Condemnation of Christianity.

2. What does Chief Little Wolf do that May warns will cause trouble?
(a) Steals some of the settler's food.
(b) Threatens the settlers.
(c) Damages the settler's fields.
(d) Kills some of the settler's cattle.

3. What kind of person is Narcissa White?
(a) A shrew who hates everyone.
(b) A Christian missionary with a shrill voice.
(c) A selfish spinster.
(d) A quiet, little woman.

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

5. What happens to the band of Crow Indians that kidnapped the women?
(a) The are taken back to their tribe with marks of humiliation.
(b) They are beaten and forced to leave the area.
(c) They are abandoned in the middle of nowhere.
(d) They are killed in retaliation for the harm they caused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one diversion the women are able to enjoy at Fort Laramie?

2. What does May observe about the roles of men and women in the tribe?

3. What do the women learn as they get near the Indians?

4. How does Anthony react to the presentation of the Shoshone infant's hands?

5. What does Jimmy come to May's tent to ask?

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