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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lydia Bradley?
(a) A cold and cruel woman.
(b) A rather boring, uninteresting young woman.
(c) A charming, well-educated woman.
(d) A foolish, silly woman.

2. What does May do in the first morning with the Indian tribe that amuses the Indians?
(a) She follows them to the place they bathe and bathes herself.
(b) She reads her book every night.
(c) She sings to herself while she works in the fields.
(d) She insists on preparing meals the way she used to.

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

4. How were the women treated when they first entered the Indian camp?
(a) They were punished for not being native Indians.
(b) They were generally ignored by everyone.
(c) They were greeted by the entire tribe and their families.
(d) They were brought before the Chief and made to bow before him.

5. What has Helen become during her time with the tribe?
(a) A frightening woman of power because of her art.
(b) A frightened woman hated because of her art.
(c) A successful but poor artist.
(d) A successful artist and a woman of financial success.

6. What do the women learn as they get near the Indians?
(a) Enemy Sioux Indians want to kill the women.
(b) A month earlier, Lt. Levi Robinson was murdered by Sioux.
(c) Several people on previous trips have gotten lost in the wild, unexplored territory.
(d) Enemy Sioux Indians want to kidnap the woman.

7. Whose tent do May, Martha, and the other women run to when the Indians run amok?
(a) Reverend Hare.
(b) Gretchen Fathauer.
(c) Jules Seminole.
(d) Chief Little Wolf.

8. The women try to keep in touch but are often too tired to do so. When May finally sees Phemie again, what does Phemie tell her?
(a) She has refused to participate in the Brides for Indians program.
(b) She has negotiated her freedom.
(c) She is already married and enjoying her new life.
(d) She has taken control of her life by refusing to do the menial labor.

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

10. How do the women feel about staying with Phemie?
(a) They don't have any particular feeling about it.
(b) They like to room with Phemie because she gets the best treatment.
(c) Many refuse to room with Phemie because the Negro families are cruel to the white women.
(d) Many refuse to room with Phemie because she is a Negro.

11. When the Cheyenne come to inspect the white women, what does May realize that Captain Bourke understands?
(a) The Chief has selected May for his own.
(b) He knows she will be safe and cared for.
(c) He is relieved that he is about to deliver the women.
(d) He is in love with her and wants her to stay with him.

12. How does Reverend Hare's performance on the night of the wild party affect the way the Indians feel about him?
(a) Nobody remembers anything.
(b) He is regarded as a coward.
(c) He is still given the respect due a holy man.
(d) He is banished from the camp.

13. What is Captain Bourke's comment about May Dodd's suggestion that the woman might be able to bring an appreciation for white civilization to the savages?
(a) The mission of the women is doomed to failure.
(b) The woman have a good chance of civilizing the Indians.
(c) It is impossible for Indians to understand the white man's culture.
(d) The women should go home.

14. What does Captain Bourke say to May the evening before leaving the women with the Cheyenne?
(a) He forbids her to go with the Indians.
(b) He feels she should go to one of the other tribes.
(c) He insists that she return to her family immediately.
(d) He insists that she return to the fort every month.

15. What message does Gertie bring from the fort?
(a) The Cheyenne are about to be attacked by enemy tribes.
(b) The women have been abandoned by the government.
(c) The women have been recalled back to Washington, D.C.
(d) Gold has been found in the Black Hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the dinner conversation, Lydia Bradley tries to turn the conversation to what subject?

2. What does May learn about Jimmy during the last days of the trip?

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

4. What does Gretchen tell her husband after he wagers her for whiskey with Jules Seminole?

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

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