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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 24 February, 28 February.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does May describe some farmers in the field?
(a) Gaunt and hopeless as they try to plow the fields.
(b) Lazy and shiftless with fields that suffer from neglect.
(c) Very interested in the women.
(d) Healthy and successful, plowing beautiful fields.

2. What does May see is so damaging to the Indians?
(a) Smoking.
(b) War games.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Promiscuity.

3. What is Captain Bourke's comment about May Dodd's suggestion that the woman might be able to bring an appreciation for white civilization to the savages?
(a) The mission of the women is doomed to failure.
(b) The woman have a good chance of civilizing the Indians.
(c) It is impossible for Indians to understand the white man's culture.
(d) The women should go home.

4. What is the President's Indian Peace Plan?
(a) It will teach Indians to live like white people.
(b) It will send Indian representatives to live among white people.
(c) It involves coming to a peaceful agreement with the Indian leaders.
(d) It involves sending the Cheyenne children to church-affiliated boarding schools.

5. What does Narcissis do at the fort?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Reveals she is a spy.
(c) Aborts her baby.
(d) Gives her baby up for adoption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tribal seer see for the future of the tribe?

2. When the Cheyenne come to inspect the white women, what does May realize that Captain Bourke understands?

3. How does Captain Bourke behave during the trip to the Indians?

4. What two things does May stop doing because of the cruel way she is treated while staying with the family of Lieutenant James?

5. The women try to keep in touch but are often too tired to do so. When May finally sees Phemie again, what does Phemie tell her?

(see the answer key)

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