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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 does May learn from Gertie about the Captain?

2. How do the men react when Gretchen's husband challenges her?

3. What does Narcissis do at the fort?

4. What does General Crook want the Cheyenne to do?

5. Which other woman frequently joins May at the beginning of her favorite time of day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What is unusual about Wren?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens to Chief Little Wolf and some members of the tribe that makes him reconsider who their enemy really is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character broke through the gender boundaries the most? Use specific examples in the text to support your selection.

Essay Topic 2

Please describe how the Kelly sisters, Margaret and Susan, are portrayed throughout the text. Do they change at all? If so, how? If not, why not? What are their main motivations for their actions with the tribe?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the book's ending and whether or not it is a satisfactory ending for readers. Is it historically accurate? What part does the seer's prophecy play in making the ending more powerful? Does the ending satisfy the bulk of readers' questions?

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