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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, Crying for a Dream; Chapter Eight, Cankpe Opi Wakpala.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Mary when her mother remarries?
(a) Five or six.
(b) Nine or ten.
(c) One or two.
(d) A teenager.

2. Who is the very corrupt tribal president at Pine Ridge?
(a) Graham Brave Bull.
(b) Albert Ellis.
(c) Dennis Albert.
(d) Dick Wilson.

3. According to a sign in Chapter Eight, what town has "gunsmoke flavor"?
(a) Rapid City.
(b) Custer.
(c) Aberdeen.
(d) Cheyenne.

4. What does Mary's grandmother tell her never to do in Chapter Two?
(a) Never to talk to a white person.
(b) Never go into white peoples' homes.
(c) Never be ashamed of where she came from.
(d) Never tell a lie.

5. What are winter counts?
(a) Pictures on buffalo skin that tell stories.
(b) The number of people living in a place in a specific winter.
(c) A list of people who die.
(d) A record of buffalo killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is AIM born?

2. According to Mary, what family has no shortage of legends?

3. What is the significance of an upside down flag for Native Americans?

4. Who does Mary's sister bail out of jail in Chapter Four?

5. Where is Mary in Chapter Four when her husband is beat up and her child is almost hit by a bullet?

(see the answer key)

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