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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. Who are the helpless ones, according to Chapter Two?
(a) People from Pine Ridge.
(b) Elderly and children.
(c) Those living in poverty.
(d) Alcoholics.

2. 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 a play on words revealed in the chapter.
(c) He-Dog is the woman's family name.
(d) He-Dog is a reservation community in South Dakota.

3. Chapter Two begins with what?
(a) Words from a young man from Eagle Butte.
(b) Ghost Dance song.
(c) Hopi song.
(d) Cheyenne proverb.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an iyeska?

2. What causes Mary's mother and grandmother to abandon many traditional ways?

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

4. In Chapter Two, the center of the old Sioux society is tiyospaye. What is tiyospaye?

5. In Chapter One, what procedure is discussed that was commonly performed on Indian women without their permission?

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