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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the wise-one that went to the birthing lodge with Pretty-shield and her mother?
(a) Left-hand.
(b) Middle-river.
(c) Right-foot.
(d) Behind-grass.

2. According to Pretty-shield, the skull that she and the other children found that was abnormally large had a neck bone that was larger than what?
(a) A man's wrist.
(b) A horse hoof.
(c) A tree trunk.
(d) A buffalo's horn.

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

4. Where did Pretty-shield's father get his buffalo-horse from?
(a) He raised it from her grandmother's horse.
(b) He bought it from a trapper.
(c) He stole it from the Lakota.
(d) He found it abandoned by the river.

5. What month is described as the "moon when the sage-hens dance"?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) August.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 1, what was Linderman making a fire in?

2. What did the boy stuff into the gun that the children had found?

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

4. 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?

5. Who named all of Pretty-shield's children?

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