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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was meat usually roasted, according to Pretty-shield?
(a) In the sun on rocks.
(b) Over the fire in the chief's lodge.
(c) On sticks over the fire.
(d) In holes in the ground.

2. 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.

3. What month is it when it's "in the moon that plums fall"?
(a) January.
(b) October.
(c) August.
(d) September.

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

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

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

7. How many children did Pretty-shield have?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

8. What color of blanket was the Crow woman wearing when she came in and interrupted Linderman interviewing Pretty-shield in Chapter 12?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

9. How many Crow women were captured by the Lakota in the story of the woman escaping from the Lakota village?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Eighteen.

10. What was the name of the old Negro errand runner?
(a) Old Winter.
(b) Old Buffalo.
(c) Old Smoky.
(d) Old Bear.

11. How old was Pretty-shield when she was promised to Goes-ahead?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Thirteen.

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

13. What did Pretty-shield's mother use to wipe away their tracks to keep the Lakota from finding them?
(a) A horse hair brush.
(b) Porcupine quills.
(c) A bear's fur coat.
(d) A wolf's skin.

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

15. 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?
(a) His robe.
(b) An axe.
(c) A treaty.
(d) A rifle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Along what river was the Big Tree located?

2. When Pretty-shield told Linderman the story of the woman who escaped from the Lakota, who did she mention knew this woman?

3. How many people was Son-of-the-morning-sun with when he died?

4. Who came to Feather-woman and told her that they knew she was sorry for what she had done?

5. 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?

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