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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, Civilize Them with a Stick; Chapter Four, Drinking and Fighting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mary receive 25 swats with a paddle when she is thirteen?
(a) She held hands with a boy.
(b) She talked back to a nun.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She refused to go to Mass because she didn't feel well.

2. What causes Mary's mother and grandmother to abandon many traditional ways?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Church.
(c) Mission school.
(d) Poverty.

3. Who does Mary's sister bail out of jail in Chapter Four?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Annie Mae.
(c) Mary.
(d) Poor Bear.

4. Who runs the boarding school while Mary attends?
(a) The BIA.
(b) The Lakota.
(c) The Sisters of the Sacred Heart.
(d) South Dakota Public Schools.

5. Chapter One is titled "A Woman from He-Dog." What is "He-Dog" and where do you find it?
(a) He-Dog is a play on words revealed in the chapter.
(b) He-Dog is a reservation community in South Dakota.
(c) He-Dog is the woman's family name.
(d) He-Dog is a store on the Pine Ridge reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter Two begins with what?

2. What event leads to Mary being given the special name of Ohitika Win (Brave Woman)?

3. In Chapter Two, what happens to Mary's uncles?

4. Who repeats, "You must kill the Indian in order to save the man"?

5. What is the name of the boarding school that the author attends?

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