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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. What do some of the Cheyenne families decide to do after considering the white man's orders to go to the Agency?

2. Who replaces the Reverend Hare?

3. How does Martha feel about Christmas?

4. How is the weather as the Indians leave the fort?

5. How do the twins, whose husbands participated in the raid on the Shoshone, react to the bag of Shoshone infant's hands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to May's journals?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does May try to do each morning, and who often joins her?

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

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

10. Who accompanies the women back from the fort to the Cheyenne camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What lessons can we learn from this book about prejudice, cultural differences, and living together peacefully? How do you suppose a Native American might react to this book? Can it help to bring the two cultures closer together even now?

Essay Topic 2

Which character broke through the gender boundaries the most? Use specific examples in the text to support your selection.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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