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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 year does Mary move in with Leonard?

2. How many children does Mary bear Leonard?

3. What does First Woman find on her left side?

4. Who is the Oglala holy man who dies about 50 years before the second Wounded Knee?

5. In Chapter Sixteen, what are the names of Leonard's daughters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the changes in the Crow Dog family in the epilogue.

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

3. Describe the trading post store.

4. What happened to the Sun Dance in 1883?

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

6. What led to Leonard Crow Dog's second breakdown while in prison?

7. Describe the Ghost Dance that Leonard held at Wounded Knee in 1973.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain the importance of the Ghost Dance at both Wounded Knee episodes.

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