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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of Indians were the fort Indians, according to Abigail James?
(a) "They exploited their culture by selling trinkets to white people."
(b) "They are business owners who were successful at the forts."
(c) "Industrious and interested in learning white man's ways."
(d) "Drunken, degenerate savages."

2. What does May observe about Indian social structure?
(a) They have no real social rules.
(b) They maintain a written record of the rules.
(c) They are sticklers for protocol with strict rules of acceptable behavior.
(d) They are constantly adjustng the rules.

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

4. What does May tell Harry in a letter?
(a) She knows he is probably dead.
(b) She knows he sold her out to her father for money and a job.
(c) She will never know if he cooperated with her father or loves her.
(d) She is glad to be rid of him because she knows he cheated on her.

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

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

7. The women are depressed, but Phemie brings some cheer by doing what?
(a) She prepares a good home cooked meal.
(b) She asks the soldiers to buy them something to eat.
(c) She leads the women in a prayer.
(d) She sings the Negro spiritual, "This Train."

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

9. What are some of the smells involved with living with the Indians that make an impression on May?
(a) Smells of the horses that live so close to the people.
(b) Wonderful smells of cooking.
(c) Clean smells of the laundry.
(d) Indescribable odors of bedding, people, and smoke.

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

11. What event captures the attention of Helen Flight on the train trip?
(a) A bird flies into the train, and she is able to capture it.
(b) A very large group of cranes take off from the surface of the river, creating a massive wave of birds.
(c) The soldiers shoot some of the birds in the area to eat.
(d) She gets off the train and is able to get close to some birds.

12. 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.

13. After the Indians inspect the woman, what is May certain of?
(a) The Indians will not return because they are not happy.
(b) She has been chosen by the apparent chief of the tribe.
(c) The Indians will go off and fight over the women.
(d) She has made a terrible decision to come to this place.

14. Who is Daisy Lovelace?
(a) A woman trying to escape from a brutal husband.
(b) A woman who sells clothing and wants to study Indian fashion.
(c) A lovely, elegant woman who volunteers to escape poverty.
(d) A woman who gives the appearance of ruined gentry.

15. How does May describe Captain Bourke?
(a) A handsome man with the romantic look of a poet.
(b) Strictly a soldier with no interest in any other subject.
(c) Tied up by the running of the fort.
(d) Not at all interested in the group of women.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the women prepare to leave with the Indians, who joins them?

2. On the night she was taken to the asylum, what happened to Mary's babies?

3. What is unusual about the hat that Lydia wears to wave goodbye to the party led by Captain Bourke?

4. What was one of the things done to prepare the women for the wedding?

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

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