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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 color is Mary's new home painted?

2. What is made of a buffalo legbone in Chapter Sixteen?

3. What chief does the first Crow Dog kill that leads to a four-generation blood guilt?

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

5. What does the author compare the scene of September 5 to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the trading post store.

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

3. What was the purpose of the Ghost Dance?

4. Why do the Crow Dogs believe they are cursed?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happened to the Sun Dance in 1883?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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