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

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

3. 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.

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

5. In Chapter Three, what is the author referring to when she says, "The first shock is always there"?
(a) The effect of Indian boarding schools.
(b) White racism.
(c) Leaving the reservation.
(d) Coming to the reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following celebrities is not mentioned as a supporter of AIM?

2. What is the significance of an upside down flag for Native Americans?

3. What legislation passes in 1934 that focuses on Indian government?

4. In Chapter Five, whose drug of choice is LSD?

5. According to a sign in Chapter Eight, what town has "gunsmoke flavor"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mary's Christmases when she is young in Chapter Two.

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

3. How did Mary spend her time after she quit school?

4. Why does Mary say that it is hard being an Indian woman?

5. Describe the beginning of AIM.

6. Describe the incident that led to Mary leaving boarding school permanently.

7. Describe the last peyote meeting that the author attended with Grandpa Dick Fool Bull.

8. Why will Mary's mother and grandmother not teacher her how to speak the Sioux language?

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

10. What problems do Plains men face, according to Mary in Chapter One?

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