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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. Whose chest is described as a battleground of scars?
(a) John Lame Deer.
(b) Leonard.
(c) Henry.
(d) Wallace Black Elk.

2. What happens to the Crow Dogs on September 5, 1975?
(a) A Ghost Dance is held.
(b) FBI invades Crow Dog's land.
(c) Mary has her second child.
(d) Crow Dog is placed in prison.

3. Who says, "Moral power is always more dangerous to an oppressor than political force"?
(a) Leonard Peltier.
(b) Mary.
(c) Leonard Crow Dog.
(d) Anna Mae.

4. Who is the main doctor in Chapter Ten?
(a) Merle Left Hand Bull.
(b) Frank Clearwater.
(c) Wallace Black Elk.
(d) Leonard Crow Dog.

5. How old are Mary and Leonard in the Epilogue?
(a) Thirty and forty-three.
(b) Thirty-four and forty-seven.
(c) Thirty-five and forty-seven.
(d) Thirty-seven and fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Mary's baby an Indian name?

2. What does Crow Dog call the abuses from the men who worked at the prisons?

3. In Chapter Thirteen, the author mentions people involved with Indian Rights who died. Who led the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) and was shot by tribal police?

4. What is sprinkled over hot rocks in Chapter Fourteen?

5. When does Annie Mae first meet people from AIM?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the trading post store.

2. Who are some of the non-Indian supporters for Leonard Crow Dog?

3. What does Leonard Crow Dog compare the Bicentennial to?

4. How is a yuwipi ceremony prepared for?

5. What happened to the Sun Dance in 1883?

6. Describe Barbara's living situation in Chapter Sixteen.

7. What causes Mary's breakdown and how is she healed?

8. What was the attitude toward Mary, who was quite pregnant at the time of the siege at Wounded Knee?

9. When Crow Dog is released from prison the first time, he goes to New York with friends, but has trouble sleeping. Mentally, he feels like he's still in prison. What changes?

10. What led to Leonard Crow Dog's second breakdown while in prison?

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