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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 year is AIM born?

2. What is the name of the boarding school that the author attends?

3. How many times does Mary see her birth father by Chapter Two?

4. How many kids are in Mary's family?

5. What American city does AIM begin in?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter Three, who runs the boarding school that the author attended?

2. What happened at home when Mary quit school?

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

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

5. Describe Old Grandpa Fool Bull.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the history and use of alcohol on the reservations from Lakota Woman.

Essay Topic 3

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

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