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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 do May and Captain Bourke do in his tent, according to the entry of April 22nd?
(a) The talk about the Brides for Indians program.
(b) They read Shakespeare. Nothing more. Nothing less.
(c) They talk about the rest of the travel plans.
(d) They confess their strong feelings for each other.

2. What happens to the women who try to escape from the camp?
(a) They are able to meet up with a passing wagon train.
(b) They are caught by members of the Cheyenne.
(c) They are found dead due to exposure and starvation.
(d) They are able to make their way back to the fort.

3. How does May feel about the countryside they are traveling through to meet the Indians?
(a) She likes the beautiful flowers of the spring.
(b) She hates the desert and living so close to nature.
(c) She enjoys the new growth and beauty of the land near the river bottom.
(d) She likes the beautiful colored leaves of the fall.

4. Why does Martha decide to join the Brides for Indians program?
(a) To go to the West.
(b) She is afraid to be punished for helping May.
(c) To make money.
(d) To marry an Indian.

5. What do the Sioux Indians come to ask of the Cheyenne tribe?
(a) To buy guns and ammunition for them.
(b) To fight the whites to protect their possession of the Black Hills that was promised to them forever.
(c) To arrange to trade horses for white women.
(d) To join the trading party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which other woman frequently joins May at the beginning of her favorite time of day?

2. How has the relationship of the white women who joined the Brides for Indians program evolved during the time they have spent with the Cheyenne?

3. Who replaces the Reverend Hare?

4. Why does Phemie refuse to go the the Agency?

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

(see the answer key)

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