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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 demand the Cheyenne be forced to convert to Christianity.
(b) To refuse to continue living with the Cheyenne.
(c) To take the best horses to help her escape.
(d) To demand that the soldiers punish the Cheyenne.

2. What is May's primary concern about the demand that they move to the Agency?
(a) The women's pregnancies and new babies can't travel.
(b) The women refuse to go to the Agency.
(c) They Cheyenne lost most of their horses and would have to walk.
(d) The Cheyenne will fight to the death.

3. What is May's response to the Kit Foxes attack on the Shoshone?
(a) She gets angry.
(b) She sees the Cheyenne as weak.
(c) Her feelings are deeply hurt.
(d) She sees the Cheyenne as savages.

4. What does the agent of the Red Cloud agency think May is?
(a) A good, Christian woman.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A prostitute serving the Indians.
(d) An angel of mercy.

5. How does May feel about visiting the fort after spending months with the Cheyenne?
(a) It is a wasted trip that should not be made.
(b) A bit anxious about encountering white civilization again.
(c) It is time to refuse to return to the Cheyenne.
(d) She should demand to stay there until her baby is born.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does May have her baby?

2. What does the visitor bring to Anthony?

3. What tribal tradition do Gretchen and May challenge?

4. Who comes to see Anthony 50 years after the Army attacked the Cheyenne?

5. What happens to May during a bad storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. How does December 25th pass for the women?

6. How does May describe Anthony?

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

8. What is unusual about Wren?

9. How are the women seen when they enter the fort with the Cheyenne after living almost six months with the Cheyenne?

10. As a result of the Crow incident, how does Quiet One's attitude toward May change and why?

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