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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. What does May do when she is told about the Black Hills gold?
(a) She tells the women so they can mine the gold for protection in the future.
(b) She keeps the information to herself for the time being.
(c) She tells the Cheyenne so they can start mining the gold.
(d) She tells the women so they can return to the fort.

2. How do the women first meet some of the members of the Cheyenne tribe?
(a) They come to inspect the women.
(b) They are engaged in a battle with the Sioux.
(c) The Indians ride through the women's camp in a parade.
(d) They come to bring gifts to the women.

3. One night at dinner, as the party nears Indian territory, what does Daisy tell them about her father?
(a) He was a successful businessman.
(b) He was a wealthy southern aristrocrat.
(c) He lost everything in the Civil War and died a broken man.
(d) He was a northern sympathizer.

4. On the night she was taken to the asylum, what happened to Mary's babies?
(a) They were given to Harry Ames to take away.
(b) They were taken from her.
(c) She and her babies were taken far away and left alone to fend for themselves.
(d) They took her babies to her parent's home, where they pleaded with her to come and live with them.

5. What does May try to discourage the Indians from doing during a special council meeting?
(a) Going to war on an enemy tribe.
(b) Arranging fights to the death to determine the superior warriors.
(c) Raiding the nearest fort and surrounding farms for supplies.
(d) Sending a raiding party off to capture more white women.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the wild events at the council meeting, how does May feel about the position of the women in the tribe?

2. What does May say about her children in her letter to Harry?

3. Who is Sara Johnstone?

4. After May returns to her tent, what is Martha most concerned about?

5. During the dinner conversation, Lydia Bradley tries to turn the conversation to what subject?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does May feel about Harry?

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

3. What is discovered in the Black Hills that will change everything for the Cheyenne?

4. What does May learn about the fort Indians and the Indians living with their tribes?

5. How do May and Captain Bourke feel about each other the first time they meet?

6. After encountering Jules Seminole, how does May feel about Chief Little Wolf?

7. What do Helen and May have in common?

8. What is unusual about Phemie's place in the tribe?

9. What is unique about Phemie?

10. How does May describe the Cheyenne children?

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