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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 incident leads to Mary leaving a week before the siege ends?

2. What is a winkte?

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

4. What does Annie Mae cook in Chapter Thirteen?

5. What man does Annie Mae get close to in the months preceding her death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the Sun Dance in 1883?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What was the purpose of the Ghost Dance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What purpose does the Epilogue of Lakota Woman serve?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how AIM changed Mary Brave Bird's life. Include both positive and negative influences. In your opinion, did AIM help Mary or not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the events of the siege of Wounded Knee.

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