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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What training does Mary's mother receive for her job?
(a) Business school training.
(b) Teacher training.
(c) Nurse training.
(d) Government worker training.

2. How many times does Mary see her birth father by Chapter Two?
(a) Twice.
(b) Never.
(c) Three times.
(d) Once.

3. Why does Mary receive 25 swats with a paddle when she is thirteen?
(a) She talked back to a nun.
(b) She held hands with a boy.
(c) She refused to go to Mass because she didn't feel well.
(d) She ran away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tribe does Mary belong to?

2. Who are the helpless ones, according to Chapter Two?

3. In Chapter Seven, who finds the chief peyote?

4. Chapter Two begins with what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why no one Mary knows saves money in Chapter Two.

2. Describe Indian boarding schools from "Lakota Woman."

3. What did Mary live while her husband was in the maximum-security prison in Lewisburg? How did she spend her time?

4. Describe the beginning of AIM.

5. Describe the type of relationship that the author had with her mother in Chapter Five.

6. How was Mary Brave Bird honored after having her baby during the siege of Wounded Knee?

7. Where was Mary's first encounter with AIM?

8. What happened at home when Mary quit school?

9. Explain the tribal divisions among the Sioux people.

10. What attempts were made to destroy Indian religion, according to Chapter Seven?

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