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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 John Bourke after the Army attack?
(a) He loses his mind.
(b) He quietly retires and lives alone.
(c) He becomes a general in the Army.
(d) He becomes an advocate of Indian's rights.

2. What items are no longer available for trade to the Indians?
(a) Food.
(b) Gunpowder and ammunition.
(c) Tools.
(d) Farm implements.

3. What does the tribal seer see for the future of the tribe?
(a) Peace.
(b) Disaster.
(c) Hope.
(d) Wealth.

4. How do the Cheyenne women explain the act of capturing the Shoshone infant's hands to May?
(a) An act of no importance.
(b) A childish act that must be ignored.
(c) An act that protects the Cheyenne babies.
(d) The act of a demented few.

5. What does Narcissis do at the fort?
(a) Aborts her baby.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Reveals she is a spy.
(d) Gives her baby up for adoption.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens very soon after the Cheyenne arrive at the winter camp?

3. After the kidnapping ordeal, how are the women treated by the tribe?

4. What does May learn from Gertie about the Captain?

5. What happens to the band of Crow Indians that kidnapped the women?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the nomadic life of the Cheyenne tribe end?

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

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

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

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