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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 event draws groups of Native Americans from all over the country to Washington, D.C.?
(a) Pan American Pow Wow.
(b) Takeover at Alcatraz.
(c) March on Washington.
(d) Trail of Broken Treaties.

2. There are two major divisions among the Sioux. What are they?
(a) Pine Ridge and Rosebud.
(b) Northern and Southern.
(c) Reservation and non-reservation.
(d) Lakota and Dakota.

3. What is Cankpe Opi Wakpala?
(a) A warrior society.
(b) A siege.
(c) Spiritual medicine.
(d) Wounded Knee creek.

4. Which old warrior society once wore long sashes?
(a) The Badgers.
(b) The Strong Hearts.
(c) The Kit Foxes.
(d) The Dog Soliders.

5. Who is Wise?
(a) A reservation friend.
(b) A boy who was passing through Rosebud.
(c) One of the students at the boarding school.
(d) A hippie or Yippie from New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Four, where are you likely to see a sign that says, "No Indians and Dogs Allowed"?

2. Who says, "Revenge yourself with mind power"?

3. What event takes place on Crow Dog land in late 1972 that the author compares to a rebirth?

4. In Chapter Two, what does Mary's family make tea from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Old Grandpa Fool Bull.

2. Why did the Rosebud people not play a big part at battles like Little Big Horn?

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

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

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

6. What happened at home when Mary quit school?

7. What did Mary received from her grandmother's older sister, Mary, and her husband?

8. Describe the peyote plant.

9. Explain how the trading posts operated as described in Chapter Five.

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

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