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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 is the name of the boarding school that the author attends?

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

3. Who is Wise?

4. According to Chapter Seven, what unites the different Indian nations?

5. In Chapter Two, what does Mary's family make tea from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the peyote plant.

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

7. Describe Mary's aunt, Elsie Flood.

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

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

10. How was Mary Brave Bird honored after having her baby during the siege of Wounded Knee?

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

Mary ends the first chapter by talking about her husband's family history. She states, "So, if my own family lacks history, that of my husband more than makes up for it." Compare and contrast Mary's family history with that of the Leonard Crow Dog.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of peyote with Native Americans in general and its effects on Mary's life.

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