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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does May describe the military guard accompanying them on their journey?
(a) Aloof and disinterested.
(b) Helpful and considerate.
(c) Snide and contemptuous.
(d) Supportive and interested in being helpful.

4. Why is May sent to the asylum?
(a) Her family considers her behavior promiscuous.
(b) Her family wants her to marry a socially prominent man they have selected for her, but she refuses.
(c) She has had a number of lovers and refuses to take responsibility for her children.
(d) Her family wants her to marry Harry Ames to legitimize their grandchildren.

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

6. What does May say about her children in her letter to Harry?
(a) She is glad that she is no longer responsible for the children.
(b) She misses her children.
(c) She realizes it was for the best.
(d) She no longer misses her children.

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

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

9. What is Narcissa White's reaction to the destructive events the night the Indians drink the whiskey?
(a) She condemns the women for being sinners.
(b) She believes that God has forsaken her and all of the women.
(c) She tries to escape the camp and return to the fort.
(d) She sets up a prayer meeting.

10. What does Jimmy come to May's tent to ask?
(a) To go to Captain Bourke's tent.
(b) He fears for her safety.
(c) If she will help him with the horses.
(d) He wants her to ride with him for the rest of the trip.

11. Sitting in the tipi at the end of her arrival day in camp, what does May realize?
(a) She is looking forward to the adventure.
(b) This is a tremendous opportunity even though it is frightening.
(c) Perhaps the insane asylum was not as bad as she thought.
(d) She has always been foolish and impetuous.

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

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

14. 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 woman have a good chance of civilizing the Indians.
(b) It is impossible for Indians to understand the white man's culture.
(c) The women should go home.
(d) The mission of the women is doomed to failure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Bourke say to May the evening before leaving the women with the Cheyenne?

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

3. What do the women learn as they get near the Indians?

4. How is Gretchen Fathauer described?

5. What two things does May stop doing because of the cruel way she is treated while staying with the family of Lieutenant James?

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