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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Beck and McClosky?
(a) Federal officers.
(b) AIM leaders.
(c) Friends.
(d) Two drunk men who charge Crow Dog with assault.

2. What causes Leonard to break down the first time while in prison?
(a) The threat of a lobotomy.
(b) Being raped.
(c) The burning of his parents' house.
(d) His hair being cut.

3. What happens to the Crow Dogs on September 5, 1975?
(a) FBI invades Crow Dog's land.
(b) Crow Dog is placed in prison.
(c) A Ghost Dance is held.
(d) Mary has her second child.

4. Where do Leonard and Mary meet?
(a) Wounded Knee.
(b) Sun Dance.
(c) Rosebud Fair and Rodeo.
(d) Rapid City protest.

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

6. Where is the reservation where Annie Mae was born and raised?
(a) Nova Scotia.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Arizona.
(d) California.

7. What does Leonard call his bible that he needed to have in prison?
(a) Drum.
(b) Sweet grass.
(c) His pipe.
(d) Peyote.

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

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

10. What does Bobby Leader Charge dance for in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) For his brother's release from jail.
(b) For the death of his friend.
(c) For his sick father.
(d) For the release of Leonard Peltier.

11. Who acts as chief midwife when Mary gives birth?
(a) Annie Mae Aquash.
(b) Josette Wawasik.
(c) Ellen Moves Camp.
(d) Vernona Kills Right.

12. When is Annie Mae last seen by her friends?
(a) October, 1975.
(b) November, 1975.
(c) December, 1975.
(d) January, 1976.

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

14. What is a winkte?
(a) A midwife.
(b) A gay person.
(c) A ceremony.
(d) A medicine woman.

15. What is sprinkled over hot rocks in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Green cedar.
(b) Sweetgrass.
(c) Pinon.
(d) Sage.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter Eleven, where does Crow Dog go on Friday, April 5th?

2. According to a Sioux proverb in Chapter Twelve, what is a good mother like?

3. In Chapter Thirteen, the author mentions people involved with Indian Rights who died. Who led the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) and was shot by tribal police?

4. Who says, "I am the last genuine aborigine left"?

5. What does the author compare the scene of September 5 to?

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