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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 15 June 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jimmy?
(a) The young man who will help bring back the horses.
(b) The young man who supplies the food.
(c) The young man who is going to trade with the Indians.
(d) A rough lad who knows a lot about the country's topography.

2. Why was Mary initially willing to participate in the Brides for Indians program?
(a) To get away from her parents.
(b) To escape the asylum.
(c) To go to the West.
(d) To make money.

3. During her "honeymoon," what does May learn to do?
(a) Shoot game.
(b) Butcher, skin, and dress an animal.
(c) Identify safe things to eat.
(d) Build a stand to use to hunt.

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

5. Who is Daisy Lovelace?
(a) A lovely, elegant woman who volunteers to escape poverty.
(b) A woman who gives the appearance of ruined gentry.
(c) A woman trying to escape from a brutal husband.
(d) A woman who sells clothing and wants to study Indian fashion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Stares at Sun, the old Indian who wins the target contest?

2. What does Captain Bourke say to May the evening before leaving the women with the Cheyenne?

3. What does May do when she is told about the Black Hills gold?

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

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