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

2. Chapter Two begins with what?

3. What training does Mary's mother receive for her job?

4. Who takes Mary to her first peyote meeting?

5. According to a sign in Chapter Eight, what town has "gunsmoke flavor"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at home when Mary quit school?

2. Although Mary grew up in poverty, she indicates she was happier before she had to go to boarding school. Explain why.

3. Explain how the trading posts operated as described in Chapter Five.

4. Explain the tribal divisions among the Sioux people.

5. Describe the peyote plant.

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

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

8. Describe the Indian marriages of Chapter Six.

9. Explain why no one Mary knows saves money in Chapter Two.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mary's need to have her baby at Wounded Knee.

Essay Topic 2

Does becoming a mother change Mary? Why or why not?

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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