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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the President's Indian Peace Plan?
(a) It involves sending the Cheyenne children to church-affiliated boarding schools.
(b) It involves coming to a peaceful agreement with the Indian leaders.
(c) It will teach Indians to live like white people.
(d) It will send Indian representatives to live among white people.

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

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

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

5. What does May see is so damaging to the Indians?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) War games.
(c) Promiscuity.
(d) Smoking.

6. According to tribal custom, because Marie Blanche's husband is dead and she is pregnant, what happens to her?
(a) One Bear, Runs From Crow's younger brother, offers to marry her.
(b) She is married to the Chief.
(c) She is sent back to the fort.
(d) She is banished from the tribe.

7. 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 still given the respect due a holy man.
(c) He is banished from the camp.
(d) He is regarded as a coward.

8. 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 girl named Dirty Gertie.
(c) Jimmy is really a military spy.
(d) Jimmy plans on trading some guns with the Indians.

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

10. 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 constantly adjustng the rules.
(d) They are sticklers for protocol with strict rules of acceptable behavior.

11. Why is Helen pleased the last part of the trip as they approach Cheyenne territory?
(a) She can shoot birds for a sumptuous dinner.
(b) She can shoot birds and collect their feathers.
(c) She can shoot birds she uses to make special medicines.
(d) She can shoot the birds that she draws.

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 happy to be free of the asylum and misses her own two children.
(b) She is considering how she can escape and find her way to the West to search for gold.
(c) She is excited about going to marry an Indian as part of the program Brides for Indians.
(d) She reflects warmly about the feeling of safety she had at the asylum.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What event captures the attention of Helen Flight on the train trip?

5. What message does Gertie bring from the fort?

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