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

2. Who is telling the story in Chapter One?
(a) Leonard Crow Dog.
(b) Mary's mother.
(c) Mary Brave Bird.
(d) Barbara Brave Bird.

3. In Chapter Four, where are you likely to see a sign that says, "No Indians and Dogs Allowed"?
(a) South Dakota government buildings.
(b) South Dakota bus stations.
(c) South Dakota department stores.
(d) South Dakota saloons.

4. What tribe does Mary belong to?
(a) Hunkpapa.
(b) Oglala.
(c) Brule or "Burned Thigh."
(d) Blackfoot.

5. Who takes Mary to her first peyote meeting?
(a) Elsie Flood.
(b) Charlie Little Dog.
(c) Dick Fool Bull.
(d) Grandpa Moore..

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter One is titled "A Woman from He-Dog." What is "He-Dog" and where do you find it?

2. What does Mary's Grandpa Moore consider a feast?

3. What event leads to Mary being given the special name of Ohitika Win (Brave Woman)?

4. Approximately how many acres are in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations?

5. In Chapter Two, what happens to Mary's uncles?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Old Grandpa Fool Bull.

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

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

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

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

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

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