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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 8 August, 9 August and 11 August 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sitting in the tipi at the end of her arrival day in camp, what does May realize?
(a) Perhaps the insane asylum was not as bad as she thought.
(b) She has always been foolish and impetuous.
(c) She is looking forward to the adventure.
(d) This is a tremendous opportunity even though it is frightening.

2. What does May believe after her honeymoon with Chief Little Wolf?
(a) That the whole mission is doomed to failure.
(b) That the Chief will be her window to the tribe.
(c) She has found the one, true love of her life.
(d) That the women need to get together to compare notes.

3. What does Helen Flight tell Lydia Bradley about the feathers in her new hat?
(a) Those particular feathers are cheap and easy to come by.
(b) It is silly to put feathers on hats.
(c) The feathers are from a bird that is almost extinct.
(d) The Seminole Indians kill the birds in order to get the feathers.

4. What has Helen become during her time with the tribe?
(a) A successful artist and a woman of financial success.
(b) A frightened woman hated because of her art.
(c) A successful but poor artist.
(d) A frightening woman of power because of her art.

5. What happens to Whistling Elk, Ada Ware's husband, who shoots and kills Runs From Crow, Marie Blanche's husband?
(a) He is exiled and must live on the outskirts of the camp.
(b) He is banished forever and not allowed near the community.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He is sent to the fort for a trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. May and Captain Bourke find they both share an interest in what subject?

2. According to tribal custom, because Marie Blanche's husband is dead and she is pregnant, what happens to her?

3. During her "honeymoon," what does May learn to do?

4. What do May and John Bourke do at the end of their conversation the day before the women are to be left with the Cheyenne?

5. What happens to the women who try to escape from the camp?

(see the answer key)

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