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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is pejuta sapa, mentioned in Chapter Five?
(a) Bread.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Tobacco.

3. Who is Wise?
(a) A boy who was passing through Rosebud.
(b) One of the students at the boarding school.
(c) A reservation friend.
(d) A hippie or Yippie from New York.

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

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

6. How old is the author when she first drinks alcohol?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Fifteen.

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

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

9. In Chapter Four, where are you likely to see a sign that says, "No Indians and Dogs Allowed"?
(a) South Dakota government buildings.
(b) South Dakota saloons.
(c) South Dakota department stores.
(d) South Dakota bus stations.

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

11. What are winter counts?
(a) The number of people living in a place in a specific winter.
(b) A record of buffalo killed.
(c) A list of people who die.
(d) Pictures on buffalo skin that tell stories.

12. What is the name of the Seattle bar on Skid Row that the author mentions in Chapter Four?
(a) A name isn't given.
(b) Tugboat Cafe.
(c) Puget Sound Cafe.
(d) Pike Place bar.

13. Who is stabbed by a white man in Chapter Eight?
(a) Wesley Bad Heart Bull.
(b) Russ Fools Bull.
(c) Leonard Crow Dog.
(d) Barbara Brave Bird.

14. Who is Ira Hayes?
(a) One of the protestors in Washington, D.C.
(b) A Pima man who won the Congressional Medal of Honor.
(c) A Native American Congressman.
(d) One of the BIA employees who talked to AIM.

15. Who is telling the story in Chapter One?
(a) Mary Brave Bird.
(b) Barbara Brave Bird.
(c) Leonard Crow Dog.
(d) Mary's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Two, what does Mary's family make tea from?

2. According to Mary, what family has no shortage of legends?

3. In Chapter Five, whose drug of choice is LSD?

4. Why does Mary not want to have her child in a white hospital?

5. Who does Mary give a bloody nose to in Chapter Three?

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