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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During her "honeymoon," what does May learn to do?
(a) Identify safe things to eat.
(b) Build a stand to use to hunt.
(c) Butcher, skin, and dress an animal.
(d) Shoot game.

2. Why is Helen Flight interested in birds?
(a) She collects recipes for cooking birds.
(b) She studies bird anatomy and physiology.
(c) She is a naturalist.
(d) She designs hats and uses their feathers.

3. According to May's diary, what does Narcissa White considers herself to be?
(a) A beautiful woman who should have the best husband.
(b) A Christian who should spend her time praying.
(c) An official representative of the American Church Missionary Society.
(d) A powerful, spiritual force who believes her children will civilize the tribe.

4. 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 is happy to be free of the asylum and misses her own two children.
(c) She reflects warmly about the feeling of safety she had at the asylum.
(d) She is excited about going to marry an Indian as part of the program Brides for Indians.

5. 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 refuses to eat and stops taking walks.
(b) She refuses to eat and stops writing in her journal.
(c) She stops writing in her journal and stops taking walks.
(d) She stops writing in her journal and stops paying any attention to the soldier's requests.

6. 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) The soldiers shoot some of the birds in the area to eat.
(c) She gets off the train and is able to get close to some birds.
(d) A very large group of cranes take off from the surface of the river, creating a massive wave of birds.

7. How does May describe some farmers in the field?
(a) Lazy and shiftless with fields that suffer from neglect.
(b) Gaunt and hopeless as they try to plow the fields.
(c) Healthy and successful, plowing beautiful fields.
(d) Very interested in the women.

8. What does Gretchen tell her husband after he wagers her for whiskey with Jules Seminole?
(a) She can make him rich if he will be good to her.
(b) To not come back to her tent.
(c) That she wants the whiskey to sell.
(d) She is going to kill him.

9. How does Captain Bourke behave during the trip to the Indians?
(a) He ignores her and spends a lot of time hunting buffalo.
(b) He spends a lot of time talking to her about Shakespeare.
(c) He barely pays May any attention.
(d) He spends a lot of time talking to her about her mission.

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

11. What is Reverend Hare doing in all the commotion?
(a) Ready to help the women restore order.
(b) Ready to help the women escape the camp.
(c) Cowering in a corner, afraid of what is happening.
(d) He has already left the camp.

12. What happens to Jules Seminole because he brought the whiskey to the tribe?
(a) He is sent to the fort for imprisonment.
(b) He is sent to live with another Indian tribe.
(c) He is banished for one year.
(d) Nothing.

13. Who is Jules Seminole?
(a) An ugly half-breed who is banished from the tribe.
(b) A half-breed who explains that he has special tribal privileges.
(c) A half-breed who tries to befriend May.
(d) A frightening, ugly half-breed who tries to rape May.

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

15. After the wild events at the council meeting, how does May feel about the position of the women in the tribe?
(a) That they are guests.
(b) That they are captives.
(c) That they are strangers.
(d) That they are family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jules Seminole tell May is the reason Chief Little Wolf will never kill him?

2. What is Captain Bourke concerned about when he is alone with May in his tent?

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

4. How does May describe the military guard accompanying them on their journey?

5. How were the women treated when they first entered the Indian camp?

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