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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do May and John Bourke do at the end of their conversation the day before the women are to be left with the Cheyenne?
(a) They realize they do not really like each other.
(b) Decide to run away together.
(c) Vow to remain chaste and love from afar.
(d) Make love.

2. How does May feel about the countryside they are traveling through to meet the Indians?
(a) She hates the desert and living so close to nature.
(b) She enjoys the new growth and beauty of the land near the river bottom.
(c) She likes the beautiful colored leaves of the fall.
(d) She likes the beautiful flowers of the spring.

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

4. What does May do when she is told about the Black Hills gold?
(a) She tells the women so they can return to the fort.
(b) She tells the women so they can mine the gold for protection in the future.
(c) She tells the Cheyenne so they can start mining the gold.
(d) She keeps the information to herself for the time being.

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

6. 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 she uses to make special medicines.
(c) She can shoot birds and collect their feathers.
(d) She can shoot the birds that she draws.

7. The women are depressed, but Phemie brings some cheer by doing what?
(a) She sings the Negro spiritual, "This Train."
(b) She asks the soldiers to buy them something to eat.
(c) She leads the women in a prayer.
(d) She prepares a good home cooked meal.

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

9. How does May describe the camp that is set up at the end of each day of travel?
(a) Ordered and exactly like the camp the day before.
(b) Casual so that it is as easy as possible on everyone.
(c) Very small and compact for safety.
(d) Haphazard because they are not terribly organized in their travel.

10. 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.

11. 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 is already married and enjoying her new life.
(b) She has negotiated her freedom.
(c) She has refused to participate in the Brides for Indians program.
(d) She has taken control of her life by refusing to do the menial labor.

12. Two days after May meets Captain Bourke, where does he invite her to do?
(a) Take a look at the horses.
(b) Have an after dinner drink.
(c) Look around the fort.
(d) Take a stroll.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does the blacksmith's family that houses Phemie tell about the Cheyenne?

2. What things were an important part of the wedding ceremony?

3. What kind of person is Narcissa White?

4. What does May observe about Indian social structure?

5. What does May observe about the women who came to the tribe with her?

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