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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. Who are Beck and McClosky?

2. Who serves as defense coordinators for Leonard Crow Dog's appeal?

3. What does Leonard call his bible that he needed to have in prison?

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

5. Where does Mary's skin sacrifice go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Crow Dog talk to Mary about Sioux legends and what was involved in being a medicine man and the wife of a medicine man?

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. What causes Mary's breakdown and how is she healed?

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

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

6. Explain all that Leonard Crow Dog did at Wounded Knee in 1973.

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

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

9. Describe the Crow Dogs' vision pit.

10. How is a yuwipi ceremony prepared for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Chapter Fifteen is titled, "The Eagle Caged."

Essay Topic 2

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

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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