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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. Whose child does May have?

2. Who replaces the Reverend Hare?

3. How does Anthony react to the presentation of the Shoshone infant's hands?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Anthony decide to do as the tribe prepares to move to the Agency?

3. How does May describe Anthony?

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

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

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

8. What happens to May's journals?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the author used the insane asylum as a way to prepare May to be willing to participate in the program? Two other women, Sara and Martha, are also touched by the asylum. How does this help the story? Do you agree that this worked well, or did you disagree with the environment created by the use of the insane asylum?

Essay Topic 2

Leadership is certainly a strong theme throughout One Thousand White Women. What kind of a leader was Chief Little Wolf? What, if any, qualities of a good or strong leader did he exemplify? Was his personality common among the Indians, or was he an exceptional man?

Essay Topic 3

The character of Captain Bourke serves as the point of contact between all the people in the story. He is a direct representative of the American government. He loves May. He respects the Indians. He commits the sin of the murder of an innocent boy when the final attack begins at the end of the book. He chooses to launch the attack even though he understands that the Indians he is about to kill are Cheyenne and not the Sioux tribe of Chief Crazy Horse, as he has been led to believe by Jules Seminole. He, then, becomes an advocate of Indian rights. Was the author's use of this character was realistic and helped the story? If so, why? If not, why not?

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