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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 causes Mary's mother and grandmother to abandon many traditional ways?
(a) Church.
(b) Mission school.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Marriage.

2. Who does Mary's sister bail out of jail in Chapter Four?
(a) Annie Mae.
(b) Mary.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Poor Bear.

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

4. Which of the following celebrities is not mentioned as a supporter of AIM?
(a) Jane Fonda.
(b) Rip Torn.
(c) Dustin Hoffman.
(d) Marlon Brando.

5. What is the significance of an upside down flag for Native Americans?
(a) It's meant to be a sign of disrespect.
(b) It's a truce symbol.
(c) It's a distress call.
(d) It's a message of anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What historic event does Grandpa Fool Bull witness?

2. How many items are on the list on the poster given to Mary's grandfather by missionaries?

3. What work does Grandpa Moore do?

4. What is the "Red Panther"?

5. What is the name of the boarding school that the author attends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the beginning of AIM.

5. What did Mary live while her husband was in the maximum-security prison in Lewisburg? How did she spend her time?

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

7. Describe Old Grandpa Fool Bull.

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

9. Explain what the Indian Reorganization Act meant for Native Americans.

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

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