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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. How tall is Mary?

2. Who are the helpless ones, according to Chapter Two?

3. Who does Mary's sister bail out of jail in Chapter Four?

4. What historic event does Grandpa Fool Bull witness?

5. What does Mary's Grandpa Moore consider a feast?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Mary's aunt, Elsie Flood.

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

7. Where was Mary's first encounter with AIM?

8. Describe Indian boarding schools from "Lakota Woman."

9. Describe Old Grandpa Fool Bull.

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

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

Discuss the role of women at Wounded Knee and whether they were treated as second-class citizens.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the belief held by Sioux men that menstruating women cannot participate in rituals because their power is too strong.

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