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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 18 May and 19 May, 21 May and 22 May 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the women treated when they first entered the Indian camp?
(a) They were punished for not being native Indians.
(b) They were generally ignored by everyone.
(c) They were brought before the Chief and made to bow before him.
(d) They were greeted by the entire tribe and their families.

2. What amusing incident occurs while the women are being chosen by their Indian husbands-to-be?
(a) Helen runs after a new bird and trips into a pool of water.
(b) Daisy's dog bites the Indian who treated him roughly.
(c) Some of the women run away.
(d) The horses being traded for the women escape.

3. How does May describe the cowboys she sees?
(a) Stupid, and obviously only capable of spending time with cows.
(b) Dingy, dirty, and very smelly.
(c) As colorful and festive as the books she has seen.
(d) Vulgar and difficult to get along with.

4. 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) The Seminole Indians kill the birds in order to get the feathers.
(c) It is silly to put feathers on hats.
(d) The feathers are from a bird that is almost extinct.

5. What was one of the things done to prepare the women for the wedding?
(a) They were dressed in traditional, white, wedding dresses.
(b) They applied makeup so they were all beautiful.
(c) Their faces were painted so they were unrecognizable.
(d) They were dressed in outfits which represented their tipis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sitting in the tipi at the end of her arrival day in camp, what does May realize?

2. What does May say about her children in her letter to Harry?

3. What is Captain Bourke disturbed to learn about what the women don't know?

4. How does May describe the military guard accompanying them on their journey?

5. What does May believe happened during the wedding ceremony?

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