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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Sioux traditional births, what is placed in the center of a tipi?
(a) Sweet grass.
(b) Sacred pipe.
(c) Sage.
(d) Waist high cottonwood stick.

2. Where does Leonard's great-grandfather hold a Ghost Dance in 1890?
(a) Parmelee.
(b) Mission.
(c) St. Francis.
(d) Wounded Knee.

3. Who is the Oglala holy man who dies about 50 years before the second Wounded Knee?
(a) Kicking Bird.
(b) Yellow Robe.
(c) Black Elk.
(d) Good Thunder.

4. What is one of the oldest Sioux rituals using rocks?
(a) Yuwipi.
(b) Sweat Bath.
(c) Ghost Dance.
(d) Sun Dance.

5. What lunch does Mary eat in Chapter Nine before she notices airplanes flying over?
(a) Hamburger.
(b) Chips.
(c) Spam.
(d) Baked beans out of a can.

6. How does one ask for a yuwipi ceremony?
(a) By asking at Sun Dance.
(b) By asking in a sweat lodge.
(c) By sending a sacred pipe and tobacco to a medicine man.
(d) By giving offerings to Mother Earth.

7. What does "Ho Uway Tinkte" mean?
(a) He who brought the pipe to the people.
(b) Welcome home.
(c) My voice you shall hear.
(d) He who taught the people to live.

8. How many years is Leonard Crow Dog initially sentenced to?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Five.
(c) Life.
(d) Twelve.

9. What incident leads to Mary leaving a week before the siege ends?
(a) Problems with childbirth.
(b) Her uncle was killed.
(c) Baby's health problems.
(d) Forced to leave by AIM leaders.

10. Who says, "A new world is coming"?
(a) Short Bull.
(b) Sitting Bull.
(c) Leonard Crow Dog.
(d) Yellow Robe.

11. What does Leonard do with $4000 he receives in residuals in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Gives it to his parents.
(b) Holds a giveaway feast.
(c) Puts a bathroom in the house.
(d) Buys a truck.

12. Where does Mary's skin sacrifice go?
(a) Into a red bundle, tied to a sacred pipe.
(b) Into a fire.
(c) Into a medicine bag.
(d) Around her neck.

13. What does Mary name her baby?
(a) Annie Mae.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Leonard.

14. What ceremony involves the entering of spirits and moving of objects?
(a) Yuwipi ceremony.
(b) Healing ceremony.
(c) Ghost Dance.
(d) Sun Dance.

15. The feds at Wounded Knee wear camouflage outfits or _____.
(a) Light blue Day-Glo jumpsuits.
(b) Jeans and denim shirts.
(c) All black outfits.
(d) Suits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie Mae cook in Chapter Thirteen?

2. What is the "big, bad granddaddy of penitentiaries"?

3. Who starts the Ghost Dance religion?

4. What do the FBI shoot and kill when they raid the Crow Dogs?

5. Whose chest is described as a battleground of scars?

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