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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. What is an iyeska?
(a) A Native American woman.
(b) Someone belonging to the Lakota Nation.
(c) Someone who is both white and Native American.
(d) A teenager.

2. In the old days, where do the heads of households keep ration cards?
(a) In a place of honor in the home.
(b) A beaded pouch around the neck.
(c) The heads of households had no ration cards.
(d) In their pocket.

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

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

5. What training does Mary's mother receive for her job?
(a) Government worker training.
(b) Business school training.
(c) Nurse training.
(d) Teacher training.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Old Grandpa Fool Bull live?

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

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

4. Chapter One is titled "A Woman from He-Dog." What is "He-Dog" and where do you find it?

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

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