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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many items are on the list on the poster given to Mary's grandfather by missionaries?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

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

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

4. What does the author call the towns of Parmelee, St. Francis, and Mission in Chapter Four?
(a) Redneck towns.
(b) Drunk towns.
(c) Rez towns.
(d) Fun towns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Who are the helpless ones, according to Chapter Two?
(a) Those living in poverty.
(b) Elderly and children.
(c) People from Pine Ridge.
(d) Alcoholics.

13. What activity is justified as a way of getting a little of their own back?
(a) Drinking alcohol.
(b) Stealing cars.
(c) Shoplifting.
(d) Taking drugs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Kill 'em all, big and small, nits make lice"?

2. According to the author, what town is considered by many Native Americans to be the most racist town in the U.S.?

3. What work does Grandpa Moore do?

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

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

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