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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 20 April, 21 April 22 April and 23 April 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lieutenant James' wife, Abigail, treat May when she stays with the family?
(a) She is aloof toward May.
(b) She is kind to May.
(c) She is cruel to May.
(d) She is solicitous to May.

2. What kind of Indians were the fort Indians, according to Abigail James?
(a) "Industrious and interested in learning white man's ways."
(b) "They exploited their culture by selling trinkets to white people."
(c) "They are business owners who were successful at the forts."
(d) "Drunken, degenerate savages."

3. Why is Helen Flight interested in birds?
(a) She is a naturalist.
(b) She designs hats and uses their feathers.
(c) She collects recipes for cooking birds.
(d) She studies bird anatomy and physiology.

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

5. What does Jimmy come to May's tent to ask?
(a) He wants her to ride with him for the rest of the trip.
(b) He fears for her safety.
(c) If she will help him with the horses.
(d) To go to Captain Bourke's tent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One night at dinner, as the party nears Indian territory, what does Daisy tell them about her father?

3. Who is Euphemia Washington?

4. What does May tell Harry in a letter?

5. What is unusual about the hat that Lydia wears to wave goodbye to the party led by Captain Bourke?

(see the answer key)

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