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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't the bear cub answer his mother when she called him?
(a) He was mad.
(b) He was running the other direction.
(c) Pretty-shield had captured him.
(d) He was drinking out of the river.

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

3. What did Pretty-shield tell Linderman that she likes to do and that she always had?
(a) Sing.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Sleep.

4. Who were Yellow-calf and his war-party wiped out by?
(a) The Lakota.
(b) The Crow.
(c) The Ute.
(d) The Cherokee.

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

6. Who did Pretty-shield bring to live with her and Goes-ahead when they were married?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

7. In the Crow culture, if a woman's father had died, who would act in his place?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her oldest brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandfather.

8. What was the name of the Crow wolf that Pretty-shield recognized high on a hill?
(a) Mad-bull.
(b) Crazy-brave.
(c) Bear-watcher.
(d) Eagle-soars.

9. What was the name of the other girl that agreed to try to kill a buffalo calf with Pretty-Shield?
(a) Hair-in-the-wind.
(b) Beaver-that-passes.
(c) Listens-to-rivers.
(d) Sturdy-strong-lodge.

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

11. How many feathers did the coyote tell the boy to steal from Red-woman?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

13. 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?
(a) Sage bushes.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Rattlesnakes.
(d) Cactus plants.

14. How long did Pretty-shield's aunt keep her pet bears?
(a) Until they were one.
(b) Until they were two.
(c) Until they were five.
(d) Until they were three.

15. What did the boy stuff into the gun that the children had found?
(a) Buffalo chips.
(b) Pine needles.
(c) Sage bush leaves.
(d) Rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the scar that Pretty-shield had that Linderman asked her about?

2. How does a buffalo herd always travel, according Pretty-shield?

3. How did Pretty-shield get caught when she was running away from a mad buffalo bull?

4. What was the name of the woman who was attacked by the grizzly bear?

5. 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?

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