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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the best description of the type of book Lakota Woman is?
(a) Historical fiction.
(b) Current events non-fiction.
(c) Suspense.
(d) Autobiography.

3. Who is the very corrupt tribal president at Pine Ridge?
(a) Dennis Albert.
(b) Dick Wilson.
(c) Albert Ellis.
(d) Graham Brave Bull.

4. In Chapter Three, what is the author referring to when she says, "The first shock is always there"?
(a) Coming to the reservation.
(b) The effect of Indian boarding schools.
(c) White racism.
(d) Leaving the reservation.

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

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

7. According to Chapter Seven, what unites the different Indian nations?
(a) Peyote.
(b) Sun Dance.
(c) AIM.
(d) Vision quests.

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

9. In Chapter Five, whose drug of choice is LSD?
(a) Mary.
(b) Anna Mae.
(c) Bonnie.
(d) Barbara.

10. Why does Mary receive 25 swats with a paddle when she is thirteen?
(a) She talked back to a nun.
(b) She refused to go to Mass because she didn't feel well.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She held hands with a boy.

11. What causes Mary's mother and grandmother to abandon many traditional ways?
(a) Mission school.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Church.
(d) Marriage.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, who makes up the AIM song?

2. Which of the following celebrities is not mentioned as a supporter of AIM?

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

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

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

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