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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 does Mary spend $99.99 on in Chapter Eight?

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

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

4. What feathers are Henry Crow Dog's fan made of?

5. What historic event does Grandpa Fool Bull witness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the Indian marriages of Chapter Six.

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

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

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

7. Describe the dream the author experienced two weeks after her first peyote meeting.

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

9. Why did the Rosebud people not play a big part at battles like Little Big Horn?

10. Describe Old Grandpa Fool Bull.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research the history of Indian Boarding Schools and write an essay about the philosophy behind Indian boarding schools and their effects. Did the schools achieve the purpose they were supposed to achieve? Were the schools a benefit or harmful to the Native American children who were forced to attend them?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze what changes Mary goes through in marrying Leonard Crow Dog.

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