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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song was the old Negro errand runner playing on his mouth organ in the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Listen to the Mockingbird.
(b) Oh! Susanna.
(c) Amazing Grace.
(d) The River Jordan.

2. How many lodges were set up in the Crow camp in the story of the woman mouse?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Sixty.

3. What color did the men paint their faces to show a sign of victory?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

4. What did Pretty-shield claim happened to her people when the buffalo went away?
(a) Their hearts fell to the ground.
(b) They were starving.
(c) They turned to the great God to help them salvage what they had.
(d) They went crazy and could not think as clearly.

5. What did the husband of Lion-woman do to himself when he was reunited with his family?
(a) He drew blood from his arms with his knife.
(b) He sang to the heavens.
(c) He cut off one of his fingers.
(d) He fasted for ten days straight.

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

7. How old was Pretty-shield when her man "took her"?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seventeen.

8. 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) Chase other colts.
(b) Walk.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Drink from the river.

9. How many people was Son-of-the-morning-sun with when he died?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

10. When the Crow chief was meeting with some blue soldiers, how many young Crow men promised to meet the blue soldiers at the mouth of the Tongue River after the talking was over?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

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

12. When the woman and her young daughter knelt down to take a drink, what kind of tracks did they find in the mud by the river?
(a) A white bear.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A deer.
(d) A skunk.

13. When Pretty-shield was telling Linderman about how much work goes into preparing for a sun-dance, how many buffalo tongues did she mention needed to feed the warriors who had counted coup in battle?
(a) More than one hundred-ten.
(b) More than one hundred.
(c) More than one hundred-sixty.
(d) More than one hundred-fifty.

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

15. Who called Pretty-shield a "brave little woman" when she was a girl and picked her up and carried her to her mother?
(a) Yellow-flower.
(b) Corn-woman.
(c) Strong-river.
(d) Leaping-deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Crow man who invited Feather-woman to live with him and his woman as his sister?

2. What kind of arrow was stuck in the buffalo cow that the Crow hunters found?

3. How many times did the woman's daughter go into the man's lodge and lay inside by the door and get sent out?

4. What did Pretty-shield use to tan her robes and skins?

5. The Crow chief that rode into the circle to talk to Sitting Bull carried a tail of a buffalo that had what on it?

(see the answer keys)

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