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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Pretty-shield claim she robbed, along with another girl?
(a) A general.
(b) A dead Lakota.
(c) A visiting trapper.
(d) The Crow chief.

2. Pretty-shield's father belonged to The-war-clubs. What was The-war-clubs?
(a) A gaming club.
(b) A secret society.
(c) A family gathering held every year.
(d) A congregation of chiefs.

3. What killed Pretty-shield's father?
(a) A Lakota warrior.
(b) A mad buffalo bull.
(c) A grizzly bear.
(d) Smallpox.

4. How does a buffalo herd always travel, according Pretty-shield?
(a) It always travels faster in the cold weather.
(b) It always travels for a week straight.
(c) It always travels slowly and to the west.
(d) It always travels straight.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 5, who does Pretty-shield mention talking to about the time they lost a baby?
(a) Plainly-painted.
(b) Richly-blessed.
(c) Soaring-nest.
(d) Colorful squirrel.

6. Who was the wife of the Crow chief who Pretty-shield wanted to emulate?
(a) Strong-mountain.
(b) Green-river.
(c) Tail-feather.
(d) Kills-good.

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

8. What did Pretty-shield remember the trappers giving the Chief?
(a) Traps.
(b) Beaver pelts.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Fox hats.

9. Pretty-shield told Linderman, in Chapter 2, that she had never lost her love for what?
(a) Children.
(b) Play.
(c) The buffalo.
(d) Hunting.

10. Pretty-shield states in Chapter 1 that she was born across what river?
(a) The Mississippi river.
(b) The Snake river.
(c) The Missouri river.
(d) The Ohio river.

11. 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 grass reeds from the river.
(d) The quills of a porcupine.

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

13. Why did Pretty-shield's mother stop a boy cousin from helping Pretty-shield?
(a) Because she could see that if Pretty-shield stood up she would faint.
(b) Because she could see if he helped Pretty-shield then the buffalo would charge them again.
(c) Because she could see that Pretty-shield's eye was going to come out if he pulled the digger out of her forehead.
(d) Because she could see that the digger was going to ruin Pretty-shield's nerves in her hand if he pulled it out.

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

15. What color was the slow horse that the youngest girl was riding in Chapter 7?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black and white.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why didn't the bear cub answer his mother when she called him?

3. When the horse went crazy on Pretty-shield's friend when her mother asked her to drive the horse band, what were the plains covered with?

4. How many times did the mother bear slap her boy cub?

5. What kind of dress was the girl wearing that asked Pretty-shield to come swimming with her?

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