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

2. What event leads to Mary being given the special name of Ohitika Win (Brave Woman)?
(a) Her grandfather's death.
(b) Her marriage.
(c) Participating in Sun Dance.
(d) The Second Wounded Knee.

3. What does Mary's grandmother tell her never to do in Chapter Two?
(a) Never go into white peoples' homes.
(b) Never to talk to a white person.
(c) Never tell a lie.
(d) Never be ashamed of where she came from.

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) Sister and acquaintance.
(b) Best friend and sister-in law.
(c) Cousin and friend.
(d) Mother and aunt.

5. Where is Mary in Chapter Four when her husband is beat up and her child is almost hit by a bullet?
(a) Capital of South Dakota.
(b) Wounded Knee.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Washington State.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What training does Mary's mother receive for her job?

4. Who does Mary give a bloody nose to in Chapter Three?

5. Why does Mary receive 25 swats with a paddle when she is thirteen?

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