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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many kids are in Mary's family?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

2. What does AIM stand for?
(a) Taking a true AIM against the white society.
(b) Association of Indian Moral.
(c) American Indian Mothers.
(d) American Indian Movement.

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

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

5. Who does Mary's sister bail out of jail in Chapter Four?
(a) Annie Mae.
(b) Mary.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Poor Bear.

6. How many times does Mary see her birth father by Chapter Two?
(a) Twice.
(b) Once.
(c) Three times.
(d) Never.

7. Where are many of the nuns from at the boarding school in Chapter Three?
(a) New York.
(b) The Netherlands.
(c) Bavaria.
(d) England.

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

9. Where does Mary go to school as a child?
(a) An out-of-state boarding school.
(b) Public school.
(c) Reservation day school.
(d) St. Francis Boarding School.

10. In Chapter Two, what happens to Mary's uncles?
(a) They catch TB and die.
(b) They die in infancy.
(c) They are jailed.
(d) They are killed by soldiers.

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

12. What is the significance of an upside down flag for Native Americans?
(a) It's a distress call.
(b) It's meant to be a sign of disrespect.
(c) It's a truce symbol.
(d) It's a message of anger.

13. Which old warrior society once wore long sashes?
(a) The Badgers.
(b) The Kit Foxes.
(c) The Dog Soliders.
(d) The Strong Hearts.

14. Where is Mary caught shoplifting her second time?
(a) Dubuque.
(b) Custer.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Rapid City.

15. How tall is Mary?
(a) Five and a half feet.
(b) Not much over five feet tall.
(c) Over five foot, six inches.
(d) Under five feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the author's first Native American Church meeting as a girl, how many times does she receive the medicine?

2. How long does Old Grandpa Fool Bull live?

3. What event leads to Mary being given the special name of Ohitika Win (Brave Woman)?

4. Chapter One is titled "A Woman from He-Dog." What is "He-Dog" and where do you find it?

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

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