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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the hat that Lydia wears to wave goodbye to the party led by Captain Bourke?
(a) It has even more feathers than the first hat she wore.
(b) It resembles an Indian headress as seen by New York designers.
(c) It has no feathers.
(d) It has special pom poms.

2. Who is Sara Johnstone?
(a) A cheerful, verbose young women.
(b) A cleaning woman at the asylum.
(c) A young woman who also lived at the asylum, but who never speaks.
(d) A woman who wants to learn about Indians firsthand.

3. When Narcissa fails at converting the tribe, what does she try to do?
(a) Teach some to knit and crochet so they can earn a living.
(b) Train some to be teachers so they can spread civilization.
(c) Train some to become good servants for white people.
(d) Teach some to learn to trade to bring wealth to the Indians.

4. What does May tell Harry in a letter?
(a) She knows he sold her out to her father for money and a job.
(b) She will never know if he cooperated with her father or loves her.
(c) She is glad to be rid of him because she knows he cheated on her.
(d) She knows he is probably dead.

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?
(a) She has refused to participate in the Brides for Indians program.
(b) She has taken control of her life by refusing to do the menial labor.
(c) She is already married and enjoying her new life.
(d) She has negotiated her freedom.

6. What happens to Jules Seminole because he brought the whiskey to the tribe?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He is banished for one year.
(c) He is sent to live with another Indian tribe.
(d) He is sent to the fort for imprisonment.

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

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

9. After the wild events at the council meeting, how does May feel about the position of the women in the tribe?
(a) That they are captives.
(b) That they are guests.
(c) That they are family.
(d) That they are strangers.

10. What is Captain Bourke disturbed to learn about what the women don't know?
(a) That they could be abandoned if they were not selected.
(b) They had no way of ending their agreement.
(c) That they would not be able to return to the fort for their safety.
(d) They were not given information about the life they would face.

11. What has Helen become during her time with the tribe?
(a) A successful artist and a woman of financial success.
(b) A successful but poor artist.
(c) A frightening woman of power because of her art.
(d) A frightened woman hated because of her art.

12. During the dinner conversation, Lydia Bradley tries to turn the conversation to what subject?
(a) Her new dress and the latest New York fashion.
(b) The ladies' sewing circle.
(c) The need for more gardens at the fort.
(d) Her new hat and the latest New York fashion.

13. May and Captain Bourke find they both share an interest in what subject?
(a) Milton.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Horses.

14. What does May observe about the tribe's children?
(a) They are aloof and distant and have no interest in any of the women.
(b) They are quiet and shy and won't come anywhere near her.
(c) They may help bridge the gap between the two cultures.
(d) They are rude and poorly behaved.

15. What is the one diversion the women are able to enjoy at Fort Laramie?
(a) The sewing circle that the officers' wives had.
(b) The reading library near the officers' quarters.
(c) The communal meals held in the officers' dining hall.
(d) The long walks in the common area.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does May describe some farmers in the field?

2. What is Reverend Hare doing in all the commotion?

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

4. Who is Euphemia Washington?

5. According to May's diary, what does Narcissa White considers herself to be?

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