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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the woman let the meat dry that had been cut off the young buffalo cow?
(a) One day.
(b) Twelve hours.
(c) Three days.
(d) Four days.

2. How old was the boy that fell into the lodge fire when he actually fell into the fire?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

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

4. On the fourth morning, the stranger came to the woman and her daughter and told them his name. What was his name?
(a) Lone-hunter.
(b) Sharp-claws.
(c) Lost-boy.
(d) White-eagle.

5. Who came to Feather-woman and told her that they knew she was sorry for what she had done?
(a) A Crow wolf.
(b) A mountain-lion.
(c) A grizzly bear.
(d) A buffalo cow.

6. 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 squirrel.
(b) A skunk.
(c) A deer.
(d) A white bear.

7. 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 squeeze out the blood in the meat.
(d) To give the meat better taste.

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

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

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

11. What did Pretty-shield use to tan her robes and skins?
(a) Sunflowers and cactus.
(b) Roots and dirt.
(c) The intestines and stomach of the animal.
(d) The liver and brains of the animal.

12. What did Lion-woman and her children live off of when they were trying to survive in the wild?
(a) Grasshoppers.
(b) Roots.
(c) Buffalo chips.
(d) Tree bark.

13. Along what river was the Big Tree located?
(a) The Missouri River.
(b) The Colorado River.
(c) The Elkhorn River.
(d) The Platte River.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the white men pay for each pair of horse's ears to get the horses killed?

2. What was the name of Pretty-shield's boy that lived past being a baby?

3. When Plenty-coups entered the sun-lodge with three other warriors, he gave a war cry and then did what?

4. When the Crow and Lakota people formed a great circle and Sitting Bull sat in the middle of the circle, what did he place across his knees?

5. How many other women was Feather-woman brought with into the Crow village?

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