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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work does Grandpa Moore do?

2. Who takes Mary to her first peyote meeting?

3. What does AIM stand for?

4. Who is Ira Hayes?

5. In Chapter One, the narrator speaks of two women being found dead in the snow, Annie Mae and Delphine. Who are these women to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Mary received from her grandmother's older sister, Mary, and her husband?

3. Describe Old Grandpa Fool Bull.

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

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

6. Describe the peyote plant.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the effects of the Indian Reorganization Act on Native Americans, both the advantages and the disadvantages. What is the author's opinion of the Indian Reorganization Act?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the treatment of Native American women in Chapter Five.

Essay Topic 3

The first chapter of Lakota Woman starts with a Cheyenne proverb: "A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is done, no matter how brave its warriors nor how strong their weapons." The narrator also refers to this proverb later in the chapter. How does this proverb relate to this book?

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