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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 proposition the women.
(d) The men shoot the buffalo and leave them to die.

2. What does Reverend Hare tell May she is when she returns to camp?
(a) A good Christian woman who has been misguided.
(b) A Godless woman.
(c) A lost woman who must seek spiritual guidance.
(d) A sinner who must repent.

3. What is Captain Bourke concerned about when he is alone with May in his tent?
(a) Her being forbidden to become an Indian bride.
(b) The possibility that he will be demoted.
(c) Any sense of impropriety that might concern May.
(d) Their future together.

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

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

6. What are some of the smells involved with living with the Indians that make an impression on May?
(a) Indescribable odors of bedding, people, and smoke.
(b) Smells of the horses that live so close to the people.
(c) Clean smells of the laundry.
(d) Wonderful smells of cooking.

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

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

9. 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.

10. What does May observe about the women who came to the tribe with her?
(a) They are counting the days until they can leave.
(b) They have maintained vestiges of their previous lives.
(c) They look very much like natives.
(d) They are unhappy with the tribe and let them know it.

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

12. When Narcissa fails at converting the tribe, what does she try to do?
(a) Train some to become good servants for white people.
(b) Train some to be teachers so they can spread civilization.
(c) Teach some to learn to trade to bring wealth to the Indians.
(d) Teach some to knit and crochet so they can earn a living.

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

14. 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 keeps the information to herself for the time being.
(d) She tells the Cheyenne so they can start mining the gold.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the President's Indian Peace Plan?

3. Who is Jimmy?

4. What do May and Captain Bourke do in his tent, according to the entry of April 22nd?

5. During the final part of the trip to meet the Cheyenne, what does Captain Bourke tell the women about the Indians?

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