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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does May describe some farmers in the field?
(a) Healthy and successful, plowing beautiful fields.
(b) Lazy and shiftless with fields that suffer from neglect.
(c) Gaunt and hopeless as they try to plow the fields.
(d) Very interested in the women.

2. Who is Jimmy?
(a) The young man who is going to trade with the Indians.
(b) The young man who supplies the food.
(c) A rough lad who knows a lot about the country's topography.
(d) The young man who will help bring back the horses.

3. How were the women treated when they first entered the Indian camp?
(a) They were punished for not being native Indians.
(b) They were generally ignored by everyone.
(c) They were greeted by the entire tribe and their families.
(d) They were brought before the Chief and made to bow before him.

4. How does May describe Reverend Hare?
(a) A scholarly man studying the Indian culture.
(b) A doddering old fool whom no one pays any attention to.
(c) A lazy man who takes advantage of his position.
(d) A kindly man respected by all.

5. Whose tent do May, Martha, and the other women run to when the Indians run amok?
(a) Jules Seminole.
(b) Gretchen Fathauer.
(c) Reverend Hare.
(d) Chief Little Wolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen Flight tell Lydia Bradley about the feathers in her new hat?

2. How does Lieutenant James' wife, Abigail, treat May when she stays with the family?

3. What has Helen become during her time with the tribe?

4. What event occurs that makes May feel that men are foolish, loutish creatures?

5. What is Captain Bourke concerned about when he is alone with May in his tent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does May feel about the Indian's relationship with nature and their lives in the camp?

2. How does May feel about Harry?

3. How are the women first greeted by the Cheyenne?

4. Who will May be living with in her new life with the tribe?

5. How does May describe the Cheyenne children?

6. How do the people the women encounter on their journey feel about their mission?

7. How do the white women originally learn to communicate with the Cheyenne?

8. Where does Chief Little Wolf go after the night of whiskey, and how does he return?

9. How does May describe the wedding ceremony?

10. Who is Martha, and how does she help May?

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