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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. What is "Seano?"
(a) It is the place where only the good Cheyenne go.
(b) It is the place that evil Cheyenne go.
(c) It is the netherword where Cheyenne souls go to wait to enter heaven.
(d) It is the place all Cheyenne go when they die.

2. What was the major issue regarding Sara's burial?
(a) The white women insisted on performing a ceremony.
(b) Reverend Hare wanted a Christian burial, and the Cheyenne wanted a traditional Cheyenne burial.
(c) What items should be buried with her.
(d) An argument about what outfit she should be buried in.

3. How does May react to the seer's predictions about the tribes future?
(a) She pays no attention.
(b) She, too, sees a future of plenty.
(c) She, too, looks forward to a peaceful future.
(d) She refuses to accept the prediction of a bad future.

4. As the Cheyenne enter the fort, how are the women greeted by the inhabitants of the fort?
(a) With disdain and contempt.
(b) With violence and threats.
(c) With respect and admiration.
(d) With curiosity and questions.

5. What does Chief Little Wolf finally decide to do in response to the Army's demand that they go to the Agency?
(a) Fight.
(b) Travel to the Agency as soon as practical.
(c) Go to the West.
(d) Join with other Indian tribes and fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some of the Cheyenne joining the Sioux to do?

2. What happens that causes some distress among the women, especially Martha?

3. What is one thing that upsets Little Wolf about moving to the Agency?

4. How do the Cheyenne feel about May's child?

5. After the kidnapping ordeal, how are the women treated by the tribe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the women on one of these morning outings?

2. What does Woman Who Moves Against the Wind, the tribal holy woman, see for the Cheyenne future?

3. What unusual reaction does Daisy have while living with the Cheyenne?

4. How does Chief Little Wolf feel about taking the tribe to the Agency?

5. As a result of the Crow incident, how does Quiet One's attitude toward May change and why?

6. What happens to Reverend Hare that changes his standing in the tribe?

7. How does Chief Little Wolf respond to the Sioux request that the Cheyenne join them as they go to war against the white man?

8. How does the ordeal with the Crow Indians end for the women?

9. What happens to May's journals?

10. What does May tell Chief Little Wolf he will have to do in order to comply with the law of the white man?

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