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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In how many days did the woman mouse tell Little-face they would be attacked by the Lakota?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

2. What was the name of the Crow man who invited Feather-woman to live with him and his woman as his sister?
(a) Black-hunter.
(b) Hunting-bird.
(c) Rolling-river.
(d) Two-faces.

3. Pretty-shield mentions that "the Great Chief in Washington" sends a paper to her every moon that she trades for how much?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Forty dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Thirty dollars.

4. What did Long-hair do at the foot of Wolf mountain?
(a) He drove an arrow through his right foot.
(b) He used a root-digger to mark his skin.
(c) He cut off the first finger of his left hand.
(d) He scaled an enemy warrior.

5. 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 make the meat tough.
(c) To give the meat better taste.
(d) To squeeze out the blood in the meat.

6. 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) A porcupine quill.
(b) An eagle's feather.
(c) A raccoon tail.
(d) An antelope horn.

7. What was the name of Sitting-heifer's man?
(a) Long-ear.
(b) Flowing-rain.
(c) Strong-tide.
(d) Running-rock.

8. What did Pretty-shield's mother rub on the little girl's lips that were cracked and swollen?
(a) Hot fat.
(b) Cactus juice.
(c) Buffalo spit.
(d) River moss.

9. What kind of arrow was stuck in the buffalo cow that the Crow hunters found?
(a) A Snake arrow.
(b) A Cheyenne arrow.
(c) A Lakota arrow.
(d) A Crow arrow.

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

11. Who was also known as Son-of-the-morning-star?
(a) Goes-ahead.
(b) General Custer.
(c) General Terry.
(d) Sitting Bull.

12. 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-fifty.
(b) More than one hundred-ten.
(c) More than one hundred.
(d) More than one hundred-sixty.

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

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

15. What was the name of Pretty-shield's boy that lived past being a baby?
(a) Litte-bear.
(b) Small.
(c) Five-coats.
(d) Good.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Pretty-shield have?

2. What did a man call out when he wanted to visit another man in his lodge?

3. How old was the boy that fell into the lodge fire when he actually fell into the fire?

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

5. In the springtime, how many tongues does the chickadee have, according to Pretty-shield?

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