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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. Where does May have her baby?
(a) In her tent.
(b) At the agency.
(c) In the birthing lodge.
(d) At the fort.

2. How does May react to the seer's predictions about the tribes future?
(a) She refuses to accept the prediction of a bad future.
(b) She, too, looks forward to a peaceful future.
(c) She pays no attention.
(d) She, too, sees a future of plenty.

3. What news does Gertie bring to May when she visits her at the camp?
(a) The army is coming to kill the Cheyenne.
(b) The deadline to go to the Agency has been extended.
(c) The army is coming to enforce the order to go to the Agency.
(d) Captain Bourke has arranged for the Cheyenne to escape to the West.

4. What does General Crook want the Cheyenne to do?
(a) Travel south and leave the area.
(b) Leave the area and move West.
(c) Disband and move to different areas of the country.
(d) Go to the Red Cloud Agency.

5. What does May observe about Anthony's sharing of his Christian faith?
(a) He preaches gently.
(b) He is full of fire and brimstone.
(c) He threatens hell as punishment for their sins.
(d) He simply does nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May tell Martha about the night of the abduction?

2. What happens to May?

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

4. What does Chief Little Wolf do that May warns will cause trouble?

5. How does Chief Little Wolf feel about May's child?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What items are denied the Cheyenne during the attempts to trade at the fort?

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

4. What does Chief Little Wolf do to let the white man know he intends to comply with their demands that the tribe move to the Agency?

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

6. What is unusual about Wren?

7. How does Chief Little Wolf feel about taking the tribe to the Agency?

8. What happens to the women on one of these morning outings?

9. During the cold weather, the men spend time in their sweat lodge which is off limits to women. What do the women decide to do for themselves?

10. How does Phemie feel about the Cheyenne moving to the Agency?

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