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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 "big, bad granddaddy of penitentiaries"?

2. Who is the main doctor in Chapter Ten?

3. What does Leonard do with $4000 he receives in residuals in Chapter Twelve?

4. Who are Beck and McClosky?

5. What is Annie Mae's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the first Crow Dog get his name, according to the stories that Henry Crow Dog tells Mary?

2. Describe the trading post store.

3. What happens to the buildings used after Wounded Knee ends?

4. Explain the points where Mary disagreed with the feminists who had supported her.

5. Explain who Charles and Robert were from Chapter Nine.

6. What does Leonard Crow Dog compare the Bicentennial to?

7. Why do the Crow Dogs believe they are cursed?

8. What did Mary admire about her friend, Annie Mae?

9. What events led to Judge Robert Merhige to release Crow Dog for time served?

10. Describe Barbara's living situation in Chapter Sixteen.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter Two, the Sioux practice of tiyospaye is introduced and described as the center of the old Sioux society. Explain what tiyospaye is and how it has changed.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the events of the siege of Wounded Knee.

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