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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. One day, some of the white women who were gathered together away from the tribe were kidnapped and raped. Which of the women died?

2. What happens to May during a bad storm?

3. What does May believe Narcissa is planning as they near the fort?

4. What do the Sioux Indians come to ask of the Cheyenne tribe?

5. Which other woman frequently joins May at the beginning of her favorite time of day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is unusual about Wren?

4. What happens to May's journals?

5. What do the Indians do on the return trip from the fort that May believes will cause trouble?

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

7. What does Chief Little Wolf do to let the white man know he intends to comply with their demands that the tribe move to the Agency?

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

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

10. How does Phemie handle her life in the tribe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character had the most dramatic growth from the beginning of the text to the end? Please support your answers with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the transformation of Daisy throughout the story, and explain what causes that transformation.

Essay Topic 3

The character of Captain Bourke serves as the point of contact between all the people in the story. He is a direct representative of the American government. He loves May. He respects the Indians. He commits the sin of the murder of an innocent boy when the final attack begins at the end of the book. He chooses to launch the attack even though he understands that the Indians he is about to kill are Cheyenne and not the Sioux tribe of Chief Crazy Horse, as he has been led to believe by Jules Seminole. He, then, becomes an advocate of Indian rights. Was the author's use of this character was realistic and helped the story? If so, why? If not, why not?

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