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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bad faults did Pretty-shield say her father had?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. 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) One.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Four.

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. Linderman tells Pretty-shield to stop at the Trader's store on her way home, and gives her what?
(a) Ten silver dollars.
(b) Two silver dollars.
(c) Four silver dollars.
(d) Three silver dollars.

5. How often was the ceremonial tobacco seed planted?
(a) Every year.
(b) Every nine months.
(c) Every six months.
(d) Every other year.

6. When Pretty-shield was stuck in the herd of running buffalo, what struck her in the face?
(a) The reigns to her horse.
(b) A rawhide rope.
(c) A rock.
(d) A buffalo bull's tail.

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

8. What was the name of the "borrowed" baby in Chapter 5?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Snake.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Sunflower.

9. Who was C.H. Asbury?
(a) The warden of the prison.
(b) The janitor.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The superintendent.

10. After the boy was shot with the gun that was found, where did his older brother tie the gun?
(a) To a tree.
(b) On his back.
(c) To the shooter's chest.
(d) To his horse.

11. What was the name for a bowl-like, skin-covered boat?
(a) Rafting-bowl.
(b) Floating-boat.
(c) Bull-boat.
(d) Gliding-circle.

12. What did Pretty-shield claim are just like children?
(a) Lakota warriors.
(b) Cubs.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Old people.

13. What right did a Crow man have concerning his new wife's sisters?
(a) To ask them to cook for himself and his new wife.
(b) To use them as babysitters for their children.
(c) To demand her unmarried sisters as wives.
(d) To ask them for cooking advice.

14. In the beginning of Chapter 7, Linderman asks Pretty-shield to tell him more about what?
(a) Tobacco-seed.
(b) Her life as a little girl.
(c) The fighting of the Crow warriors.
(d) Her life as a wife and mother.

15. What was the name of Goes-together's husband?
(a) Bear-claw.
(b) Deer-nose.
(c) Buffalo-horn.
(d) Beaver-trader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did men in the tribe do when they grew too old to take care of themselves?

2. What was the name of the other girl that agreed to try to kill a buffalo calf with Pretty-Shield?

3. How many feathers did the coyote tell the boy to steal from Red-woman?

4. Pretty-shield claimed that she knew a woman that had what type of animal that could talk?

5. Who did Pretty-shield claim she robbed, along with another girl?

(see the answer keys)

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