15. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 15: Women in the West

**Quiz for Document 15.1: Martha Jane Cannary Burk, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane (1896)**

Quiz for Document 15.1: Martha Jane Cannary Burk, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane (1896)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. Calamity Jane’s autobiography suggests that the process of migrating to the western territories after the Civil War was

exciting and dangerous.

easy for the brave pioneers of the day.

expensive and treacherous.

transformative for all the women on the trip.

2. Why, according to Calamity Jane, did she begin to dress in men’s clothes?

It was easier to make the journey on horseback wearing pants.

Skirts made it very difficult to cross bodies of water safely.

She wanted to dress like a soldier while working as a scout.

She did not want to be recognized as a woman by the Indians.

3. How did Calamity Jane get her name?

She was always getting into the middle of a conflict.

She rescued an army captain during a skirmish with the Indians.

She came close to death many times when she was living in Virginia City.

She caused a tribe of Indians to attack General Custer’s men at Fort Russell.

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