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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. As the women approach the Indian tribe, what do they learn about the Indians?
(a) There is unrest between the Indian tribes and between the Indians and white people.
(b) The Indians are having second thoughts about the program.
(c) Their families have been told the truth about their mission.
(d) The Cheyenne Indian tribe will be coming to meet them.

2. How does May describe her first few days with the tribe?
(a) Full of hard, physical labor and no privacy.
(b) Boring and tedious with nothing to do.
(c) Spent under guard in her tent.
(d) Spent learning sign language.

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

4. How does May describe Captain Bourke?
(a) Not at all interested in the group of women.
(b) A handsome man with the romantic look of a poet.
(c) Tied up by the running of the fort.
(d) Strictly a soldier with no interest in any other subject.

5. What happens to Whistling Elk, Ada Ware's husband, who shoots and kills Runs From Crow, Marie Blanche's husband?
(a) He is exiled and must live on the outskirts of the camp.
(b) He is killed.
(c) He is sent to the fort for a trial.
(d) He is banished forever and not allowed near the community.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some of the smells involved with living with the Indians that make an impression on May?

2. How does May describe Reverend Hare?

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

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

5. How were the women treated when they first entered the Indian camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lydia Bradley?

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

3. What is unique about Phemie?

4. What do Helen and May have in common?

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

6. How does Captain Bourke feel about their mission and the attempt to civilize the Indians?

7. How does May feel about her attraction to Captain Bourke?

8. What happens at the shooting tournament?

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

10. Who is Jimmy?

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