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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 American city does AIM begin in?

2. Who is Ira Hayes?

3. What is the significance of an upside down flag for Native Americans?

4. What is the sacred medicine that was the Creator's gift to the Indian people?

5. How many items are on the list on the poster given to Mary's grandfather by missionaries?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mary's aunt, Elsie Flood.

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the beginning of AIM.

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

9. Describe the Indian marriages of Chapter Six.

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

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

Explain why Chapter Fifteen is titled, "The Eagle Caged."

Essay Topic 3

Describe Mary's experience with the Sun Dance.

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