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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the women approach the Indian tribe, what do they learn about the Indians?
(a) Their families have been told the truth about their mission.
(b) The Cheyenne Indian tribe will be coming to meet them.
(c) There is unrest between the Indian tribes and between the Indians and white people.
(d) The Indians are having second thoughts about the program.

2. 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) Her new dress and the latest New York fashion.
(c) The need for more gardens at the fort.
(d) The ladies' sewing circle.

3. What is the one diversion the women are able to enjoy at Fort Laramie?
(a) The communal meals held in the officers' dining hall.
(b) The sewing circle that the officers' wives had.
(c) The long walks in the common area.
(d) The reading library near the officers' quarters.

4. How does May describe the train they use to get to Fort Laramie in comparison to their transportation from Chicago?
(a) Somewhat more comfortable.
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Even more spartan and uncomfortable.
(d) Filthy.

5. 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) Enemy Sioux Indians want to kidnap the woman.
(d) Several people on previous trips have gotten lost in the wild, unexplored territory.

6. What does Jules Seminole tell May is the reason Chief Little Wolf will never kill him?
(a) He will be leaving soon.
(b) Chief Little Wolf is afraid of him and can not kill him.
(c) It is forbidden to kill a member of the tribe.
(d) As a member of the tribe, he is able to do anything he wants.

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

8. What is unusual about the hat that Lydia wears to wave goodbye to the party led by Captain Bourke?
(a) It resembles an Indian headress as seen by New York designers.
(b) It has special pom poms.
(c) It has even more feathers than the first hat she wore.
(d) It has no feathers.

9. What event occurs that makes May feel that men are foolish, loutish creatures?
(a) The men proposition the women.
(b) The men shoot a buffalo and insist on eating it.
(c) The men make lewd comments about the women.
(d) The men shoot the buffalo and leave them to die.

10. What things were an important part of the wedding ceremony?
(a) Music, singing, and dancing.
(b) Instructions on how to be good Indian wives.
(c) Instructions on properly serving their new husbands.
(d) Food and instruction on how to prepare this special food.

11. How does May describe the Indian's hunting?
(a) Frivolous and done for sport.
(b) Dangerous and necessary to the survival of the tribe.
(c) Necessary but not particularly challenging.
(d) Haphazard and avoided by most.

12. What does May observe about the roles of men and women in the tribe?
(a) Women are worshipped because of their ability to have children.
(b) Women will never reach the status of equality found in the white man's world.
(c) Women's views are treated with respect.
(d) Women are seen as the spiritual leaders of the tribe.

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

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

15. May and Captain Bourke find they both share an interest in what subject?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Milton.
(c) Horses.
(d) The Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Captain Bourke behave during the trip to the Indians?

2. Why is May sent to the asylum?

3. Who is the Kelly twins' ace-in-the-hole in their gambling enterprise?

4. How does May describe the camp that is set up at the end of each day of travel?

5. One night at dinner, as the party nears Indian territory, what does Daisy tell them about her father?

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