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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anthony decide to do when the Cheyenne go to the Agency?
(a) Stay in the area and build his hermitage.
(b) Go West.
(c) Go with the tribe to the Agency.
(d) Go back to his home.

2. Why does Phemie refuse to go the the Agency?
(a) She refuses to be a slave again.
(b) She doesn't like the land there.
(c) She wants to return to Canada.
(d) She wants to go West.

3. Who comes to see Anthony 50 years after the Army attacked the Cheyenne?
(a) Captain Bourke.
(b) Reverend Hare.
(c) Jasmine Wild Flower, Martha's granddaughter.
(d) Harold Wild Plums, son of Wren, grandson of May.

4. Why does May believe the Indians have not easily convert to Christianity?
(a) They have their own religion which satisfies them.
(b) They don't speak English well enough to understand.
(c) They are sworn atheists.
(d) The don't like white people.

5. What is May's primary concern about the demand that they move to the Agency?
(a) They Cheyenne lost most of their horses and would have to walk.
(b) The women refuse to go to the Agency.
(c) The Cheyenne will fight to the death.
(d) The women's pregnancies and new babies can't travel.

6. What news does Gertie bring to May when she visits her at the camp?
(a) Captain Bourke has arranged for the Cheyenne to escape to the West.
(b) The army is coming to enforce the order to go to the Agency.
(c) The deadline to go to the Agency has been extended.
(d) The army is coming to kill the Cheyenne.

7. Who is Woman Who Moves Against the Wind?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A tribal holy person.
(c) A hunter.
(d) A guide.

8. Why is Quiet One kind to May after the kidnapping ordeal?
(a) Because they are now equal in the eyes of Chief Little Wolf.
(b) Because May saved her daughter, Pretty Walker, from being raped.
(c) Because May relies on her to feel safe.
(d) Because May is now Chief Little Wolf's favorite wife.

9. What does May observe about Anthony's sharing of his Christian faith?
(a) He preaches gently.
(b) He simply does nothing.
(c) He is full of fire and brimstone.
(d) He threatens hell as punishment for their sins.

10. How does Chief Little Wolf feel about the Red Cloud Agency?
(a) It is a farming community, and his people are hunters.
(b) That supplies are scarce and that the Indians suffer.
(c) It is a place filled with disease and death.
(d) His people will be forced to adopt white men's ways.

11. What items are no longer available for trade to the Indians?
(a) Farm implements.
(b) Tools.
(c) Gunpowder and ammunition.
(d) Food.

12. What is "Seano?"
(a) It is the place that evil Cheyenne go.
(b) It is the place where only the good Cheyenne go.
(c) It is the netherword where Cheyenne souls go to wait to enter heaven.
(d) It is the place all Cheyenne go when they die.

13. What happens to May?
(a) She gets shot.
(b) She is rescued.
(c) She escapes the camp and runs away.
(d) She is beaten

14. Why does May feel the need to be close to Chief Little Wolf after the kidnapping ordeal?
(a) She is afraid and needs the comfort of his being close.
(b) She is sure she is now his favorite wife.
(c) She is afraid to be in the tent with other members of her family.
(d) She is afraid he will now divorce her because she was raped.

15. How does Chief Little Wolf feel about May's child?
(a) He condemns the child.
(b) He is upset.
(c) He considers the child his daughter.
(d) He sends her and May to the Fort.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaces the Reverend Hare?

2. What does May believe Narcissa is planning as they near the fort?

3. What is May's response to the Kit Foxes attack on the Shoshone?

4. What happens when Bourke does not shock Chief Little Wolf in the "game?"

5. What does Reverend Hare do to incur the wrath of members of the tribe?

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