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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells a judge, "Peyote is my lawyer"?
(a) Grandpa Fool Bull.
(b) Mary Brave Bird.
(c) Leonard Crow Dog.
(d) Russell Means.

3. According to the author, what town is considered by many Native Americans to be the most racist town in the U.S.?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Rapid City.
(c) Custer.
(d) Kansas City.

4. What tribe does the late Native American activist, Richard Oakes, belong to?
(a) Ojibway.
(b) Pawnee.
(c) Mohawk.
(d) Sioux.

5. According to a sign in Chapter Eight, what town has "gunsmoke flavor"?
(a) Aberdeen.
(b) Cheyenne.
(c) Custer.
(d) Rapid City.

6. Where is Mary in Chapter Four when her husband is beat up and her child is almost hit by a bullet?
(a) Washington State.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Capital of South Dakota.
(d) Wounded Knee.

7. What year is AIM born?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1969.

8. Who repeats, "You must kill the Indian in order to save the man"?
(a) Federal agents.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Army.
(d) Missionaries.

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

10. Two Native American reservations are mentioned in Chapter One. What are they?
(a) Rosebud and Navajo.
(b) Micmac and Pine Ridge.
(c) Pine Ridge and Rosebud.
(d) Navajo and Hopi.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary go to in order to "learn to be Indian"?

2. Approximately how many acres are in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations?

3. Who says, "We are the Old Indians, the landlords of this continent, coming to collect the rent"?

4. What does Mary spend $99.99 on in Chapter Eight?

5. Who does Mary's sister bail out of jail in Chapter Four?

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