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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. Why is Helen pleased the last part of the trip as they approach Cheyenne territory?
(a) She can shoot birds and collect their feathers.
(b) She can shoot the birds that she draws.
(c) She can shoot birds she uses to make special medicines.
(d) She can shoot birds for a sumptuous dinner.

2. What does Helen Flight tell Lydia Bradley about the feathers in her new hat?
(a) It is silly to put feathers on hats.
(b) Those particular feathers are cheap and easy to come by.
(c) The Seminole Indians kill the birds in order to get the feathers.
(d) The feathers are from a bird that is almost extinct.

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

4. What does Jimmy come to May's tent to ask?
(a) He wants her to ride with him for the rest of the trip.
(b) He fears for her safety.
(c) If she will help him with the horses.
(d) To go to Captain Bourke's tent.

5. Sitting in the tipi at the end of her arrival day in camp, what does May realize?
(a) This is a tremendous opportunity even though it is frightening.
(b) She has always been foolish and impetuous.
(c) She is looking forward to the adventure.
(d) Perhaps the insane asylum was not as bad as she thought.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Captain Bourke behave during the trip to the Indians?

3. What is Narcissa White's reaction to the destructive events the night the Indians drink the whiskey?

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

5. How does May feel about the countryside they are traveling through to meet the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where is May at the beginning of the story, and why is she there?

3. What happens when the Indians drink whiskey?

4. Who is Jimmy?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens at the shooting tournament?

10. What does the reader learn about the Cheyenne belief about a Cheyenne killing a Cheyenne? How does this affect May's distress about Jules Seminole?

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