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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 does Mary spend $99.99 on in Chapter Eight?
(a) Beads.
(b) Dishes.
(c) An imitation Persian rug.
(d) Asian food while in New York.

2. How tall is Mary?
(a) Five and a half feet.
(b) Under five feet.
(c) Over five foot, six inches.
(d) Not much over five feet tall.

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

4. What is the sacred medicine that was the Creator's gift to the Indian people?
(a) Agrimony.
(b) Sage.
(c) Sweet grass.
(d) Peyote.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the old days, where do the heads of households keep ration cards?

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

4. Two Native American reservations are mentioned in Chapter One. What are they?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the author successful during her shoplifting days?

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

3. Describe Mary's aunt, Elsie Flood.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the peyote plant.

10. Describe the dream the author experienced two weeks after her first peyote meeting.

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