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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Sitting Bull's people join when they went south to avoid the soldiers?
(a) Big Foot.
(b) Black Elk.
(c) Crazy Horse.
(d) Black Foot.

2. How many dogs did Annie have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. How tall was the obelisk in the middle of the plot?
(a) Eight feet tall.
(b) Nine feet tall.
(c) Seven feet tall.
(d) Ten feet tall.

4. How did Danelle's parents die?
(a) From smallpox.
(b) They were lost and died of starvation.
(c) They were shot but the police said a car accident.
(d) In an airplane crash.

5. What was the name of Danelle's mother?
(a) Mary.
(b) Lucille.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Elizabeth.

6. What gift did April give Nerburn?
(a) Some wild flowers.
(b) A bright stone.
(c) A feather.
(d) A drawing.

7. How large was the plot of ground inside the pillars and bordered by cement?
(a) 80 ft. long and 8 ft. wide.
(b) 60 ft. long and 5 ft. wide.
(c) 70 ft. long and 6 ft. wide.
(d) 90 ft. long and 7 ft. wide.

8. In December of what year did the massacre at Wounded Knee take place?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1889.

9. What did the French want from the Indians?
(a) Furs.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Land.

10. The Catholic church held a conference to determine what about Indians?
(a) If intermarriage with white Catholics should be allowed.
(b) If they should be allowed to receive Communion.
(c) If they could go to heaven.
(d) Whether they were people or animals.

11. What was the song that Dan chanted about?
(a) Anger and tears.
(b) Great Indian chiefs.
(c) It was an Indian love song.
(d) Indian legends.

12. According to the Lakota, what happened the year the buffalo froze?
(a) Many Indian children died.
(b) The wolves howled every night.
(c) A lot of stars fell.
(d) There was a late frost.

13. How old was Delvin?
(a) In his early forties.
(b) In his late twenties.
(c) About 32.
(d) In his late thirties.

14. Who was Crazy Horse?
(a) A famous Cherokee Chief.
(b) A famous Apache Chief.
(c) Sitting Bull's enemy.
(d) An Indian leader immortalized in a sculpture.

15. According to Indians what people are closest to God?
(a) Teenagers and Indian missionaries.
(b) Chiefs and Medicine men.
(c) Warriors and Ghost dancers.
(d) Babies and old people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Grover describe the coffee he made?

2. What was strewn around the base of the obelisk?

3. What did Dan say was the biggest thing to white people?

4. How was the land to the east of the Missouri river different from the land to the west?

5. What was in front of Sitting Bull's Monument?

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