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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 the women who try to escape from the camp?
(a) They are caught by members of the Cheyenne.
(b) They are able to make their way back to the fort.
(c) They are found dead due to exposure and starvation.
(d) They are able to meet up with a passing wagon train.

2. How does May describe the military guard accompanying them on their journey?
(a) Supportive and interested in being helpful.
(b) Aloof and disinterested.
(c) Snide and contemptuous.
(d) Helpful and considerate.

3. What event occurs that makes May feel that men are foolish, loutish creatures?
(a) The men shoot a buffalo and insist on eating it.
(b) The men make lewd comments about the women.
(c) The men proposition the women.
(d) The men shoot the buffalo and leave them to die.

4. What information does the blacksmith's family that houses Phemie tell about the Cheyenne?
(a) They are well organized, but not particularly clean.
(b) They are known for being excellent thieves when they visit the forts.
(c) They are considered the most handsome and cleanest of the Indian tribes, and their women most virtuous.
(d) They are very rigid and that women are not treated well.

5. What does May observe about the roles of men and women in the tribe?
(a) Women will never reach the status of equality found in the white man's world.
(b) Women are seen as the spiritual leaders of the tribe.
(c) Women are worshipped because of their ability to have children.
(d) Women's views are treated with respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event captures the attention of Helen Flight on the train trip?

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

3. What does May try to convince Chief Little Wolf to do because she believes it is in the best interests of the Cheyenne?

4. What does the agent of the Red Cloud agency think May is?

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

(see the answer key)

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