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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. How does May react to the seer's predictions about the tribes future?

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

3. As the Cheyenne enter the fort, how are the women greeted by the inhabitants of the fort?

4. Whose child does May have?

5. Who is Pretty Walker?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Chief Little Wolf respond to the Sioux request that the Cheyenne join them as they go to war against the white man?

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

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

5. How does December 25th pass for the women?

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

7. What happens to May's journals?

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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