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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 event draws groups of Native Americans from all over the country to Washington, D.C.?

2. What legislation passes in 1934 that focuses on Indian government?

3. Chapter One is titled "A Woman from He-Dog." What is "He-Dog" and where do you find it?

4. What tribe does Mary belong to?

5. What causes Mary's mother and grandmother to abandon many traditional ways?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the incident that led to Mary leaving boarding school permanently.

2. Describe the Indian marriages of Chapter Six.

3. Describe the beginning of AIM.

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

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

6. Describe Mary's aunt, Elsie Flood.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mary's experience with the Sun Dance.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Research the history of Indian Boarding Schools and write an essay about the philosophy behind Indian boarding schools and their effects. Did the schools achieve the purpose they were supposed to achieve? Were the schools a benefit or harmful to the Native American children who were forced to attend them?

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