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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 ceremony involves the entering of spirits and moving of objects?

2. Mary is one of two pregnant women at Wounded Knee. Who is the other?

3. Who is the intercessor at Mary's first Sun Dance?

4. Who gives Mary's baby an Indian name?

5. How old was Leonard Crow Dog when his spiritual gifts were first noticed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Crow Dog is released from prison the first time, he goes to New York with friends, but has trouble sleeping. Mentally, he feels like he's still in prison. What changes?

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

4. Summarize what happens to Leonard Crow Dog's traditional style of wearing his hair while in prison.

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

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

7. Describe Annie Mae's childhood.

8. Describe the Crow Dogs' vision pit.

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

10. What leads up to Mary becoming Leonard's wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the effects of the Indian Reorganization Act on Native Americans, both the advantages and the disadvantages. What is the author's opinion of the Indian Reorganization Act?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the events of the siege of Wounded Knee.

Essay Topic 3

Does becoming a mother change Mary? Why or why not?

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