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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lydia Bradley?
(a) A cold and cruel woman.
(b) A charming, well-educated woman.
(c) A foolish, silly woman.
(d) A rather boring, uninteresting young woman.

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

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

4. What does Jules Seminole tell May is the reason Chief Little Wolf will never kill him?
(a) He will be leaving soon.
(b) It is forbidden to kill a member of the tribe.
(c) Chief Little Wolf is afraid of him and can not kill him.
(d) As a member of the tribe, he is able to do anything he wants.

5. What does May believe happened during the wedding ceremony?
(a) The men exchanged wives.
(b) She was drugged as part of the ceremony.
(c) Some of the women were forced to leave.
(d) The ceremony was a secret affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Bourke concerned about when he is alone with May in his tent?

2. What message does Gertie bring from the fort?

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

4. What do the women learn as they get near the Indians?

5. How does May describe the Indian's hunting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Martha, and how does she help May?

2. How does Captain Bourke feel about their mission and the attempt to civilize the Indians?

3. Who is Lydia Bradley?

4. How do the white women originally learn to communicate with the Cheyenne?

5. How does May feel about Harry?

6. What happens on May's "honeymoon" with the Chief?

7. Where is May at the beginning of the story, and why is she there?

8. What happens at the shooting tournament?

9. What does May learn about the fort Indians and the Indians living with their tribes?

10. How does May describe the camps that are set up each day during their travels?

(see the answer keys)

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