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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. On what date does Mary give birth?

2. When did the Sun Dance come out into the open again?

3. What are Leonard's sons called?

4. Who does Leonard Crow Dog perform spiritual ceremonies with at Wounded Knee?

5. Who is accused of shooting and killing two federal officers and later convicted of the crime?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Annie Mae first meet people from AIM?

3. What was First Woman given the power to do?

4. What was the attitude toward Mary, who was quite pregnant at the time of the siege at Wounded Knee?

5. What was the purpose of the Ghost Dance?

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

7. Describe Annie Mae's childhood.

8. What is going on around Mary while she is giving birth?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What purpose does the Epilogue of Lakota Woman serve?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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