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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, 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) Sister and acquaintance.
(d) Mother and aunt.

2. Who runs the boarding school while Mary attends?
(a) The BIA.
(b) South Dakota Public Schools.
(c) The Sisters of the Sacred Heart.
(d) The Lakota.

3. According to the author in Chapter Seven, what is the movement for Native American rights first a movement about?
(a) Spiritual rights.
(b) Economic rights.
(c) Political rights.
(d) Legal rights.

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

5. Who says, "We are the Old Indians, the landlords of this continent, coming to collect the rent"?
(a) Leonard Crow Dog.
(b) Dennis Banks.
(c) Mary Brave Bird.
(d) Dick Fool Bull.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who repeats, "You must kill the Indian in order to save the man"?

3. How old is the author when she first drinks alcohol?

4. What does Mary spend $99.99 on in Chapter Eight?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Although Mary grew up in poverty, she indicates she was happier before she had to go to boarding school. Explain why.

3. Describe the houses in the reservation towns from Chapter Four.

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

5. What happened at home when Mary quit school?

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

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

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

9. According to Chapter Three, who runs the boarding school that the author attended?

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

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