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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Five and Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who named all of Pretty-shield's children?
(a) Sign-talker.
(b) Pretty-shield.
(c) Goes-ahead.
(d) Crazy-sister-in-law.

2. When the children were performing their sun dance, they used whistles. What were these whistles made of?
(a) The grass reeds from the river.
(b) The quills of a porcupine.
(c) The big bone of an eagle's wing.
(d) The antlers of an antelope.

3. What caused Pretty-shield's scar?
(a) Her root digger stuck into her forehead.
(b) Her side was hit by the buffalo's horn.
(c) Her root digger stuck into her right hand.
(d) She fell and struck her chin on a large rock.

4. In the story of Red-woman, the boy, and the coyote, how many arrows did the boy hand to the woman when she asked to see his arrows?
(a) Nine.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

5. How many teeth did the buffalo cow have in front that Pretty-shield described as having something wrong with it?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was Pretty-shield born in?

2. How many young women were sliding down the hill when Pretty-shield thought she saw a wolf from their tribe warn them of oncoming enemies?

3. Who were Yellow-calf and his war-party wiped out by?

4. What was the name of Pretty-shield's aunt that she lived with?

5. How many bad faults did Pretty-shield say her father had?

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