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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What effect does Phemie's victory in the races have on the women?
2. What does May teach Chief Little Wolf how to do on their "honeymoon"?
3. When Narcissa fails at converting the tribe, what does she try to do?
4. What do May and John Bourke do at the end of their conversation the day before the women are to be left with the Cheyenne?
5. What does Captain Bourke say to May the evening before leaving the women with the Cheyenne?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the proposal that Chief Little Wolf presents to President Grant and why?
2. How does May feel about the Indian's relationship with nature and their lives in the camp?
3. How does May describe the Cheyenne children?
4. How do the people the women encounter on their journey feel about their mission?
5. Where does Chief Little Wolf go after the night of whiskey, and how does he return?
6. How do May and Captain Bourke feel about each other the first time they meet?
7. Who will May be living with in her new life with the tribe?
8. What is one of the things that May and Captain Bourke share?
9. How does May feel about her attraction to Captain Bourke?
10. How does May describe the camps that are set up each day during their travels?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the transformation of Daisy throughout the story, and explain what causes that transformation.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the use of symbolism in the names of some of the characters in the story.
Essay Topic 3
There are times, throughout the book, that May discusses the idea of being civilized from the perspective of the Cheyenne and the white man. Who is to say, who is the more civilized? Give some examples of May's observation of the the "civilizations" of Indians and white people.
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