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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. Who is Woman Who Moves Against the Wind?

2. How is the weather as the Indians leave the fort?

3. What is "Seano?"

4. How do the twins, whose husbands participated in the raid on the Shoshone, react to the bag of Shoshone infant's hands?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is unusual about Wren?

4. How does May describe Anthony?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What does May try to do each morning, and who often joins her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who is the book's antagonist? Please support your answer with details and examples from the book. Do you think this character was realistic and well developed or one dimensional?

Essay Topic 3

Please describe the character of May Dodd. What are some of the characteristics that made it possible for her to adapt to her new life? People change, but did May remain true to herself in the end? Was she the best person to tell the story, or would one of the other women have been a better choice? Fully support your answer with examples from the text.

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