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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, Crying for a Dream; Chapter Eight, Cankpe Opi Wakpala.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who runs the boarding school while Mary attends?
(a) The Lakota.
(b) South Dakota Public Schools.
(c) The BIA.
(d) The Sisters of the Sacred Heart.

2. What is the "Red Panther"?
(a) A student newspaper that the author was involved in.
(b) A Native American protest group.
(c) A book.
(d) A group of students at the boarding school.

3. In Chapter One, what procedure is discussed that was commonly performed on Indian women without their permission?
(a) Oral surgery.
(b) Hysterectomy.
(c) Tonsillectomy.
(d) Appendectomy.

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

5. What historic event does Grandpa Fool Bull witness?
(a) The first Wounded Knee.
(b) The Trail of Tears.
(c) Little Big Horn.
(d) Mary's birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is pejuta sapa, mentioned in Chapter Five?

2. Where are many of the nuns from at the boarding school in Chapter Three?

3. What feathers are Henry Crow Dog's fan made of?

4. Chapter Two begins with what?

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

(see the answer key)

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