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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. For the last part of their journey to the Indians, what do the women ride in?
(a) On horseback.
(b) A very uncomfortable cart.
(c) A somewhat uncomfortable covered wagon.
(d) In a train car.

2. How are the women seen by the people of the fort?
(a) As unusual women and not well understood.
(b) As loathsome creatures to be avoided.
(c) As similar to the prostitutes who hang around the fort Indians.
(d) As brave women on a special mission.

3. How does May describe her first few days with the tribe?
(a) Spent learning sign language.
(b) Spent under guard in her tent.
(c) Full of hard, physical labor and no privacy.
(d) Boring and tedious with nothing to do.

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

5. What happens to May during a bad storm?
(a) She sneaks out of the camp.
(b) She gets very sick.
(c) She is punished for trying to get into the sweat-lodge.
(d) She gets lost in the camp and has to be rescued.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of person is Narcissa White?

2. During the dinner conversation, Lydia Bradley tries to turn the conversation to what subject?

3. As the women prepare to leave with the Indians, who joins them?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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