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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. What items are no longer available for trade to the Indians?

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

3. Why is Quiet One kind to May after the kidnapping ordeal?

4. One day, some of the white women who were gathered together away from the tribe were kidnapped and raped. Which of the women died?

5. What is one of the results of the Kit Foxes attack on the Shoshone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the ordeal with the Crow Indians end for the women?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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

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 3

What lessons can we learn from this book about prejudice, cultural differences, and living together peacefully? How do you suppose a Native American might react to this book? Can it help to bring the two cultures closer together even now?

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