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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What do some of the Cheyenne families decide to do after considering the white man's orders to go to the Agency?
(a) Go to the Agency.
(b) Return to the fort.
(c) Leave the tribe for the West.
(d) Hide out in the Black Hills.

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

4. What happens to May during a bad storm?
(a) She gets lost in the camp and has to be rescued.
(b) She is punished for trying to get into the sweat-lodge.
(c) She sneaks out of the camp.
(d) She gets very sick.

5. What tribal tradition do Gretchen and May challenge?
(a) Eating in the men's tent.
(b) Marrying more than one man.
(c) Performing religious ceremonies.
(d) The use of the sweat-lodge.

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

7. What is Captain Bourke's first reaction to May the first time he recognizes her?
(a) He displays joy and delight.
(b) He shows curiosity and interest.
(c) He is threatening and cruel.
(d) He shows horror and revulsion.

8. What does May learn from Gertie about the Captain?
(a) He wants all of the women to abandon the mission.
(b) He intended to ask May to marry him.
(c) He is preparing to wage war against the Cheyenne.
(d) He had Gertie follow the tribe during the summer.

9. 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 Cheyenne will fight to the death.
(c) The women refuse to go to the Agency.
(d) The women's pregnancies and new babies can't travel.

10. What happens to John Bourke after the Army attack?
(a) He loses his mind.
(b) He quietly retires and lives alone.
(c) He becomes an advocate of Indian's rights.
(d) He becomes a general in the Army.

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

12. How do the men react when Gretchen's husband challenges her?
(a) The chastise him.
(b) They call him a henpecked husband.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They cheer him.

13. What does Chief Little Wolf decide to ban from camp because it causes harm?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) White man's goods.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Whiskey.

14. How do the Cheyenne feel about May's child?
(a) She is evil.
(b) She and May should be sent to the fort.
(c) They condemn May and the child.
(d) She is sacred.

15. One day, some of the white women who were gathered together away from the tribe were kidnapped and raped. Which of the women died?
(a) Phemie.
(b) Sara.
(c) Ada.
(d) Gertrude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is May's favorite time of day?

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

3. How does May describe the sanitation at the camp?

4. What happens when May and Captain Bourke meet again alone?

5. What does Narcissis do at the fort?

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