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

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

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

4. In Chapter One, the narrator speaks of two women being found dead in the snow, Annie Mae and Delphine. Who are these women to the narrator?
(a) Best friend and sister-in law.
(b) Cousin and friend.
(c) Mother and aunt.
(d) Sister and acquaintance.

5. What is the name of the Seattle bar on Skid Row that the author mentions in Chapter Four?
(a) Tugboat Cafe.
(b) Pike Place bar.
(c) Puget Sound Cafe.
(d) A name isn't given.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Three, what is the author referring to when she says, "The first shock is always there"?

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

4. What are winter counts?

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

(see the answer key)

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