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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does May believe after her honeymoon with Chief Little Wolf?
(a) That the Chief will be her window to the tribe.
(b) That the women need to get together to compare notes.
(c) She has found the one, true love of her life.
(d) That the whole mission is doomed to failure.

3. Who is Jimmy?
(a) A rough lad who knows a lot about the country's topography.
(b) The young man who supplies the food.
(c) The young man who will help bring back the horses.
(d) The young man who is going to trade with the Indians.

4. What does May do when she is told about the Black Hills gold?
(a) She keeps the information to herself for the time being.
(b) She tells the Cheyenne so they can start mining the gold.
(c) She tells the women so they can mine the gold for protection in the future.
(d) She tells the women so they can return to the fort.

5. As the women prepare to leave with the Indians, who joins them?
(a) The soldiers who will take them back to the fort.
(b) Captain Bourke.
(c) The Episcopalian Reverend Hare.
(d) Traders.

6. What were May Dodd's feelings while she rode the train on her way to become one of the Brides for Indians?
(a) She is considering how she can escape and find her way to the West to search for gold.
(b) She reflects warmly about the feeling of safety she had at the asylum.
(c) She is happy to be free of the asylum and misses her own two children.
(d) She is excited about going to marry an Indian as part of the program Brides for Indians.

7. What does May learn about Jimmy during the last days of the trip?
(a) Jimmy is really a girl named Dirty Gertie.
(b) Jimmy is really a military spy.
(c) Jimmy plans on trading some guns with the Indians.
(d) Jimmy is spying on Captain Bourke.

8. During the dinner conversation, Lydia Bradley tries to turn the conversation to what subject?
(a) Her new hat and the latest New York fashion.
(b) The ladies' sewing circle.
(c) The need for more gardens at the fort.
(d) Her new dress and the latest New York fashion.

9. One night at dinner, as the party nears Indian territory, what does Daisy tell them about her father?
(a) He was a northern sympathizer.
(b) He was a wealthy southern aristrocrat.
(c) He lost everything in the Civil War and died a broken man.
(d) He was a successful businessman.

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

11. 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.

12. For the last part of their journey to the Indians, what do the women ride in?
(a) A somewhat uncomfortable covered wagon.
(b) On horseback.
(c) In a train car.
(d) A very uncomfortable cart.

13. How does May describe the camp that is set up at the end of each day of travel?
(a) Haphazard because they are not terribly organized in their travel.
(b) Very small and compact for safety.
(c) Ordered and exactly like the camp the day before.
(d) Casual so that it is as easy as possible on everyone.

14. What was one of the things done to prepare the women for the wedding?
(a) They applied makeup so they were all beautiful.
(b) Their faces were painted so they were unrecognizable.
(c) They were dressed in outfits which represented their tipis.
(d) They were dressed in traditional, white, wedding dresses.

15. What two things does May stop doing because of the cruel way she is treated while staying with the family of Lieutenant James?
(a) She stops writing in her journal and stops paying any attention to the soldier's requests.
(b) She stops writing in her journal and stops taking walks.
(c) She refuses to eat and stops taking walks.
(d) She refuses to eat and stops writing in her journal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Helen pleased the last part of the trip as they approach Cheyenne territory?

3. Who are the Kelly sisters, Margaret and Susan?

4. What kind of person is Narcissa White?

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

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