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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. In Chapter Two, the center of the old Sioux society is tiyospaye. What is tiyospaye?
(a) Ghost Dancing.
(b) Extended family group.
(c) Progress.
(d) Traditionalism.

2. Who is Wise?
(a) One of the students at the boarding school.
(b) A reservation friend.
(c) A boy who was passing through Rosebud.
(d) A hippie or Yippie from New York.

3. Who does Mary go to in order to "learn to be Indian"?
(a) Crow Dogs.
(b) Grandpa Moore.
(c) School friends raised traditionally.
(d) Her great aunt Mary.

4. Approximately how many acres are in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations?
(a) Three hundred thousand.
(b) Two million.
(c) Eight hundred thousand.
(d) Three million.

5. In Chapter Two, what happens to Mary's uncles?
(a) They are killed by soldiers.
(b) They catch TB and die.
(c) They die in infancy.
(d) They are jailed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Mary see her birth father by Chapter Two?

2. How many items are on the list on the poster given to Mary's grandfather by missionaries?

3. Who says, "Revenge yourself with mind power"?

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

5. Who are the helpless ones, according to Chapter Two?

(see the answer key)

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