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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men react when Gretchen's husband challenges her?

2. Why does the Army attack the Cheyenne camp?

3. What does Chief Little Wolf finally decide to do in response to the Army's demand that they go to the Agency?

4. What does May find repugnant about the religious practices of the Cheyenne?

5. How does May react to the seer's predictions about the tribes future?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anthony decide to do as the tribe prepares to move to the Agency?

2. What items are denied the Cheyenne during the attempts to trade at the fort?

3. How are the women seen when they enter the fort with the Cheyenne after living almost six months with the Cheyenne?

4. What is unusual about Wren?

5. How does Phemie feel about the Cheyenne moving to the Agency?

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

7. During the cold weather, the men spend time in their sweat lodge which is off limits to women. What do the women decide to do for themselves?

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

9. What terrible thing happens that make the women believe the Cheyenne are truly savages?

10. How does the nomadic life of the Cheyenne tribe end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What part does the land and nature play in this book? Why does Jim Fergus choose to spend so much time describing the land, the seasons, and the part that living so close to nature played in Indian life? How does the reaction of May and the other women to their chance to live so close to nature, contribute to the story?

Essay Topic 2

What differences are there in the interpretation of moral behavior between the white man's culture, as exemplified by the white women, and the Indians? Use comments made in the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the use of symbolism in the names of some of the characters in the story.

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