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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10 November, 10 December and 18 December 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Jules Seminole because he brought the whiskey to the tribe?
(a) He is banished for one year.
(b) He is sent to live with another Indian tribe.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He is sent to the fort for imprisonment.

2. What are some of the smells involved with living with the Indians that make an impression on May?
(a) Indescribable odors of bedding, people, and smoke.
(b) Clean smells of the laundry.
(c) Wonderful smells of cooking.
(d) Smells of the horses that live so close to the people.

3. How does May describe herself during a conversation at the dinner table about religion?
(a) A bit of an agnostic.
(b) A Catholic.
(c) An Anglican.
(d) A Protestant.

4. What does May believe happened during the wedding ceremony?
(a) The ceremony was a secret affair.
(b) She was drugged as part of the ceremony.
(c) The men exchanged wives.
(d) Some of the women were forced to leave.

5. What happens when everyone finds out Gertie is a woman?
(a) She is forced to live with the Indians.
(b) She still works as a muleskinner.
(c) She marries one of the other muleskinners.
(d) She is exiled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens that causes some distress among the women, especially Martha?

2. How are the women seen by the people of the fort?

3. How does Lieutenant James' wife, Abigail, treat May when she stays with the family?

4. After the wild events at the council meeting, how does May feel about the position of the women in the tribe?

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

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