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

2. What historic event does Grandpa Fool Bull witness?
(a) The first Wounded Knee.
(b) Mary's birth.
(c) Little Big Horn.
(d) The Trail of Tears.

3. How many kids are in Mary's family?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

4. In Chapter Two, the center of the old Sioux society is tiyospaye. What is tiyospaye?
(a) Ghost Dancing.
(b) Progress.
(c) Traditionalism.
(d) Extended family group.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is AIM born?

2. Who says, "Kill 'em all, big and small, nits make lice"?

3. Which old warrior society once wore long sashes?

4. How many times does Mary see her birth father by Chapter Two?

5. What does the author call the towns of Parmelee, St. Francis, and Mission in Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the beginning of AIM.

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

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

4. Describe Mary's aunt, Elsie Flood.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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