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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, Invisible Fathers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who says, "Kill 'em all, big and small, nits make lice"?
(a) Major McDougall.
(b) Colonel Chivington.
(c) Spotted Tail.
(d) General Custer.

3. How long does Old Grandpa Fool Bull live?
(a) 101 years.
(b) 90 years.
(c) A century.
(d) 95 years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary's grandmother tell her never to do in Chapter Two?

2. Chapter Two begins with what?

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

4. In the old days, where do the heads of households keep ration cards?

5. What is the best description of the type of book Lakota Woman is?

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