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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mary give a bloody nose to in Chapter Three?
(a) A boy at the school.
(b) A new English teacher/priest.
(c) A girl in her dorm at school.
(d) One of the nuns.

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

3. Chapter One is titled "A Woman from He-Dog." What is "He-Dog" and where do you find it?
(a) He-Dog is the woman's family name.
(b) He-Dog is a play on words revealed in the chapter.
(c) He-Dog is a store on the Pine Ridge reservation.
(d) He-Dog is a reservation community in South Dakota.

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

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

6. How does Barbara miscarry her baby at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) Not being able to get to the hospital on time.
(b) Getting into a fight with her mother.
(c) Being in a car accident.
(d) By carrying a heavy pan while working in the kitchen.

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

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

9. What does the Crow Dog family join in 1918 or 1920?
(a) Native American church.
(b) Medicine men.
(c) Rosebud Reservation.
(d) Indian rights movement.

10. What legislation passes in 1934 that focuses on Indian government?
(a) Indian Civil Rights Act.
(b) Dawes Act.
(c) American Indian Religious Freedom Act.
(d) Indian Reorganization Act.

11. What is the name of the boarding school that the author attends?
(a) St. Francis.
(b) Rosebud.
(c) St. Xavier.
(d) Chilocco.

12. What event takes place on Crow Dog land in late 1972 that the author compares to a rebirth?
(a) Wounded Knee siege.
(b) Marriage to Leonard Crow Dog.
(c) Ghost Dance.
(d) Sun Dance.

13. Who says, "You hate those most whom you have injured most"?
(a) Angela Davis, a revolutionary.
(b) Dennis Banks, an AIM leader.
(c) Lizzy Fast Horse, a grandmother.
(d) Bill Kunstler, a lawyer.

14. What is the sacred medicine that was the Creator's gift to the Indian people?
(a) Agrimony.
(b) Sweet grass.
(c) Sage.
(d) Peyote.

15. What training does Mary's mother receive for her job?
(a) Government worker training.
(b) Business school training.
(c) Nurse training.
(d) Teacher training.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event draws groups of Native Americans from all over the country to Washington, D.C.?

2. Who runs the boarding school while Mary attends?

3. Who takes Mary to her first peyote meeting?

4. In Chapter Seven, who finds the chief peyote?

5. What is the significance of an upside down flag for Native Americans?

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