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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 event takes place on Crow Dog land in late 1972 that the author compares to a rebirth?
(a) Sun Dance.
(b) Ghost Dance.
(c) Marriage to Leonard Crow Dog.
(d) Wounded Knee siege.

2. What work does Grandpa Moore do?
(a) Tribal policeman.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Grandpa Moore has no job.
(d) Truck driver.

3. Where is Mary in Chapter Four when her husband is beat up and her child is almost hit by a bullet?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Wounded Knee.
(c) Capital of South Dakota.
(d) Washington State.

4. What training does Mary's mother receive for her job?
(a) Nurse training.
(b) Government worker training.
(c) Teacher training.
(d) Business school training.

5. In Chapter Two, what happens to Mary's uncles?
(a) They die in infancy.
(b) They are killed by soldiers.
(c) They are jailed.
(d) They catch TB and die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of an upside down flag for Native Americans?

2. Who is telling the story in Chapter One?

3. Who runs the boarding school while Mary attends?

4. Who does Mary go to in order to "learn to be Indian"?

5. What causes Mary's mother and grandmother to abandon many traditional ways?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened at home when Mary quit school?

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

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

6. How was Mary Brave Bird honored after having her baby during the siege of Wounded Knee?

7. Describe Mary's aunt, Elsie Flood.

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

9. Describe the beginning of AIM.

10. Describe the peyote plant.

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