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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 happens to the band of Crow Indians that kidnapped the women?
(a) They are abandoned in the middle of nowhere.
(b) They are killed in retaliation for the harm they caused.
(c) They are beaten and forced to leave the area.
(d) The are taken back to their tribe with marks of humiliation.

2. What happens when May and Captain Bourke meet again alone?
(a) They decide to run away together.
(b) They confess their love for each other.
(c) They realize they were never meant for each other.
(d) They discover they don't like each other any more.

3. Which other woman frequently joins May at the beginning of her favorite time of day?
(a) Ada.
(b) Helen.
(c) Gertie.
(d) Narcissa.

4. What does Reverend Hare do to incur the wrath of members of the tribe?
(a) He steals food when there is little.
(b) He tries to molest one of the young boys.
(c) He steals horses and sells them to other Indian tribes for his profit.
(d) He propositions one of the married women.

5. How has the relationship of the white women who joined the Brides for Indians program evolved during the time they have spent with the Cheyenne?
(a) They have drifted apart.
(b) They have become enemies.
(c) They pay little attention to each other.
(d) They have become closer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does May feel about visiting the fort after spending months with the Cheyenne?

2. What was the major issue regarding Sara's burial?

3. What is Captain Bourke's first reaction to May the first time he recognizes her?

4. What happens to May during a bad storm?

5. What does Chief Little Wolf finally decide to do in response to the Army's demand that they go to the Agency?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to May's journals?

2. How does Phemie handle her life in the tribe?

3. How does May describe Anthony?

4. What unusual reaction does Daisy have while living with the Cheyenne?

5. What terrible thing happens that make the women believe the Cheyenne are truly savages?

6. What does Anthony decide to do as the tribe prepares to move to the Agency?

7. What do the Indians do on the return trip from the fort that May believes will cause trouble?

8. What does May try to do each morning, and who often joins her?

9. What does Woman Who Moves Against the Wind, the tribal holy woman, see for the Cheyenne future?

10. What is unusual about Wren?

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