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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, what procedure is discussed that was commonly performed on Indian women without their permission?
(a) Tonsillectomy.
(b) Appendectomy.
(c) Hysterectomy.
(d) Oral surgery.

2. What does Mary's grandmother tell her never to do in Chapter Two?
(a) Never be ashamed of where she came from.
(b) Never to talk to a white person.
(c) Never tell a lie.
(d) Never go into white peoples' homes.

3. What are winter counts?
(a) Pictures on buffalo skin that tell stories.
(b) The number of people living in a place in a specific winter.
(c) A list of people who die.
(d) A record of buffalo killed.

4. How does Barbara miscarry her baby at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) Being in a car accident.
(b) By carrying a heavy pan while working in the kitchen.
(c) Not being able to get to the hospital on time.
(d) Getting into a fight with her mother.

5. Where does Mary go to school as a child?
(a) St. Francis Boarding School.
(b) An out-of-state boarding school.
(c) Reservation day school.
(d) Public school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cankpe Opi Wakpala?

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

3. What year does the first Wounded Knee occur?

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

5. In Chapter Seven, who finds the chief peyote?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Mary's aunt, Elsie Flood.

7. Explain the tribal divisions among the Sioux people.

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

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

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

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