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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. Why is Quiet One kind to May after the kidnapping ordeal?
2. What tribal tradition do Gretchen and May challenge?
3. What does Anthony's plans include for the spring?
4. How does Anthony react to the presentation of the Shoshone infant's hands?
5. Which other woman frequently joins May at the beginning of her favorite time of day?
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. What terrible thing happens that make the women believe the Cheyenne are truly savages?
3. What does May tell Chief Little Wolf he will have to do in order to comply with the law of the white man?
4. What does May try to do each morning, and who often joins her?
5. How does the nomadic life of the Cheyenne tribe end?
6. As a result of the Crow incident, how does Quiet One's attitude toward May change and why?
7. What do the Indians do on the return trip from the fort that May believes will cause trouble?
8. How does Chief Little Wolf feel about taking the tribe to the Agency?
9. What happens to Chief Little Wolf and some members of the tribe that makes him reconsider who their enemy really is?
10. What items are denied the Cheyenne during the attempts to trade at the fort?
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
How does the fact that the author is a man affect the reader's view of the journals of a woman? Jim Fergus was intrigued by the existence of the program and curious about the kinds of women that would have participated in such a program. Do you feel that the author was successful in his impersonation? Do you feel that as a man, he might have been able to add an additional depth to May Dodd's journals? How do you feel about how his life experiences might have affected this creation?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the use of symbolism in the names of some of the characters in the story.
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