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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 does May believe Narcissa is planning as they near the fort?
(a) To refuse to continue living with the Cheyenne.
(b) To demand the Cheyenne be forced to convert to Christianity.
(c) To demand that the soldiers punish the Cheyenne.
(d) To take the best horses to help her escape.

2. Who does May reunite with at the winter camp?
(a) Martha.
(b) Helen.
(c) Phemie.
(d) Ada.

3. How do the men react when Gretchen's husband challenges her?
(a) They ignore him.
(b) They call him a henpecked husband.
(c) They cheer him.
(d) The chastise him.

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

5. What does Chief Little Wolf do that May warns will cause trouble?
(a) Damages the settler's fields.
(b) Steals some of the settler's food.
(c) Kills some of the settler's cattle.
(d) Threatens the settlers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to May?

2. How do the Cheyenne women explain the act of capturing the Shoshone infant's hands to May?

3. Where does May have her baby?

4. One of May's arguments in support of moving to the Agency includes the belief that the mixed race children will help the Indians assimilate. What is Phemie's response?

5. Why does the Army attack the Cheyenne camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chief Little Wolf respond to the Sioux request that the Cheyenne join them as they go to war against the white man?

2. Who accompanies the women back from the fort to the Cheyenne camp?

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

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

5. What does May tell Chief Little Wolf he will have to do in order to comply with the law of the white man?

6. What happens to Reverend Hare that changes his standing in the tribe?

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

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

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 December 25th pass for the women?

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