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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pretty-shield and her mother were looking for the colt that had lagged behind, what wouldn't Pretty-shield's mother let the colt do?
(a) Walk.
(b) Chase other colts.
(c) Drink from the river.
(d) Nurse.

2. In the story of raking the plums, where did the woman get bitten by a rattlesnake?
(a) Her finger.
(b) Her foot.
(c) Her leg.
(d) Her toe.

3. What tribe was responsible for killing Long-hair's mother and father?
(a) Snake.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Ute.
(d) Cheyenne.

4. What was the name of the chief that warned the Crow men that they were not to hurt the Lakota visitors?
(a) White-cloud.
(b) Water-chaser.
(c) Silver-tip.
(d) Willow-whip.

5. When Pretty-shield told Linderman the story of the woman who escaped from the Lakota, who did she mention knew this woman?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her father.

6. What did Tricky-wolf paint an otter doing on Good-otters' lodge?
(a) Swimming in a river.
(b) Shooting a bow and arrow.
(c) Breathing red fire.
(d) Dancing under the sun.

7. What was the name of Pretty-shield's uncle that carried the pipe and was with General Custer?
(a) Black-night-dancer.
(b) Pulled-bow-string.
(c) Half-yellow-face.
(d) Strong-white-bird.

8. How old was the woman Strikes-two when she rode through the Crow camp singing her medicine song?
(a) 55.
(b) 70.
(c) 60.
(d) 65.

9. What month was Pretty-shield talking about when she states that something happened in the moon when leaves are showing?
(a) September.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) May.

10. How many "snows ago" did Pretty-shield tell Linderman her man, Goes-ahead, had been gone?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

11. In the beginning of Chapter 15, Linderman visits the Trader's store for what?
(a) Candy sticks for the kids.
(b) A pair of reading glasses.
(c) Chewing tobacco.
(d) Silver money.

12. The Crow chief that rode into the circle to talk to Sitting Bull carried a tail of a buffalo that had what on it?
(a) An antelope horn.
(b) An eagle's feather.
(c) A raccoon tail.
(d) A porcupine quill.

13. Why did Pretty-shield cover piles of meat with buffalo robes and trample on them?
(a) To rid the meat of evil spirits.
(b) To squeeze out the blood in the meat.
(c) To give the meat better taste.
(d) To make the meat tough.

14. What was Linderman's answer to Pretty-shield's question about how old Plenty-coups said he was?
(a) 83.
(b) 49.
(c) 72.
(d) 64.

15. Who did Pretty-shield describe as being bad and brave?
(a) The-other-magpie.
(b) Open-wheat-fields.
(c) The-barron-land.
(d) Good-cattle-herd.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Crow put their babies into back-cradles?

2. What did Pretty-shield claim happened to her people when the buffalo went away?

3. In how many days did the woman mouse tell Little-face they would be attacked by the Lakota?

4. How old was Pretty-shield when her man "took her"?

5. What did Lion-woman and her children live off of when they were trying to survive in the wild?

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