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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, Aimlessness; Chapter Six, We AIM Not to Please.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who or what does the author blame for the "Indian drinking problem"?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Loss of spirituality.
(c) White men.
(d) Racism.

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

3. There are two major divisions among the Sioux. What are they?
(a) Lakota and Dakota.
(b) Northern and Southern.
(c) Pine Ridge and Rosebud.
(d) Reservation and non-reservation.

4. Who repeats, "You must kill the Indian in order to save the man"?
(a) Federal agents.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Army.

5. In Chapter Two, what does Mary's family make tea from?
(a) Mint.
(b) Chokeberries.
(c) Rosehips.
(d) They don't have tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many acres are in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations?

2. How old is the author when she first drinks alcohol?

3. What is the name of the Seattle bar on Skid Row that the author mentions in Chapter Four?

4. What event takes place on Crow Dog land in late 1972 that the author compares to a rebirth?

5. What are winter counts?

(see the answer key)

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