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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. Where does May have her baby?

2. What happens when Bourke does not shock Chief Little Wolf in the "game?"

3. Who replaces the Reverend Hare?

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

5. What happens when May and Captain Bourke meet again alone?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to May's journals?

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

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

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

6. What is unusual about Wren?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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

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