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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. For the last part of their journey to the Indians, what do the women ride in?
(a) A somewhat uncomfortable covered wagon.
(b) On horseback.
(c) In a train car.
(d) A very uncomfortable cart.

2. What happens when Jules Seminole calls Gretchen German?
(a) She tells him she is Swiss and beats him.
(b) She loses the match.
(c) She tells him she hates half-breeds.
(d) She tells him she is Polish and beats him.

3. What is Narcissa White's reaction to the destructive events the night the Indians drink the whiskey?
(a) She believes that God has forsaken her and all of the women.
(b) She tries to escape the camp and return to the fort.
(c) She sets up a prayer meeting.
(d) She condemns the women for being sinners.

4. What does Gretchen tell her husband after he wagers her for whiskey with Jules Seminole?
(a) That she wants the whiskey to sell.
(b) She is going to kill him.
(c) To not come back to her tent.
(d) She can make him rich if he will be good to her.

5. How does May describe the cowboys she sees?
(a) Dingy, dirty, and very smelly.
(b) Stupid, and obviously only capable of spending time with cows.
(c) As colorful and festive as the books she has seen.
(d) Vulgar and difficult to get along with.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does May describe herself during a conversation at the dinner table about religion?

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

3. What does May learn about Jimmy during the last days of the trip?

4. What event captures the attention of Helen Flight on the train trip?

5. Who is Euphemia Washington?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does May describe the camps that are set up each day during their travels?

3. What is one of the things that May and Captain Bourke share?

4. What is the proposal that Chief Little Wolf presents to President Grant and why?

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

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

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

8. How does the first journal end under the direction of Phemie?

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

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

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