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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Sioux Indians come to ask of the Cheyenne tribe?
(a) To arrange to trade horses for white women.
(b) To join the trading party.
(c) To buy guns and ammunition for them.
(d) To fight the whites to protect their possession of the Black Hills that was promised to them forever.

2. What is May's favorite time of day?
(a) After dinner, while the others relax at the end of the day.
(b) At the end of the day, when the others have gone to sleep.
(c) In the morning, before the camp is fully awake.
(d) In the afternoon, while most of the others take an afternoon nap.

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

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

5. What is one thing that upsets Little Wolf about moving to the Agency?
(a) The white women will rule the tribe.
(b) He has to give up two of his wives.
(c) The tribe will have to serve the white people.
(d) He has to step down as Chief.

6. Who replaces the Reverend Hare?
(a) A Catholic Priest.
(b) Another Reverend.
(c) Anthony, a Benedictine monk.
(d) A Jewish Rabbi.

7. Why does the Army attack the Cheyenne camp?
(a) Because they could do anything they wanted to do.
(b) Because Jules Seminole told the Army it was a Sioux camp.
(c) Because they want to steal all the horses.
(d) Because they did not care if the Cheyenne were ready to cooperate.

8. As the Cheyenne enter the fort, how are the women greeted by the inhabitants of the fort?
(a) With curiosity and questions.
(b) With disdain and contempt.
(c) With respect and admiration.
(d) With violence and threats.

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

10. What does the visitor bring to Anthony?
(a) Documentation of the injustice.
(b) The oral history of the Cheyenne.
(c) May's journals.
(d) Pictures of the Cheyenne.

11. How does May feel about moving to the Agency?
(a) The tribe will become wealthy traders.
(b) It will destroy the tribe.
(c) It is inevitable.
(d) It will be a good move.

12. One of May's arguments in support of moving to the Agency includes the belief that the mixed race children will help the Indians assimilate. What is Phemie's response?
(a) People often suffer more for being of mixed race.
(b) The white people will bribe them.
(c) They will abuse their power.
(d) It is a possibility.

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

14. What does Chief Little Wolf do that May warns will cause trouble?
(a) Damages the settler's fields.
(b) Kills some of the settler's cattle.
(c) Steals some of the settler's food.
(d) Threatens the settlers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to see Anthony 50 years after the Army attacked the Cheyenne?

2. How do all of the women feel about the new babies?

3. What happens very soon after the Cheyenne arrive at the winter camp?

4. One day, some of the white women who were gathered together away from the tribe were kidnapped and raped. Which of the women died?

5. What does Helen do that the Indian women consider scandalous?

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