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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 tribe does the late Native American activist, Richard Oakes, belong to?

2. What year does the first Wounded Knee occur?

3. In Chapter Three, what is the author referring to when she says, "The first shock is always there"?

4. Who runs the boarding school while Mary attends?

5. Who tells a judge, "Peyote is my lawyer"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What attempts were made to destroy Indian religion, according to Chapter Seven?

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

3. Describe the peyote plant.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the houses in the reservation towns from Chapter Four.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Mary's experience with the Sun Dance.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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