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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the buckskin horse do when Pretty-shield would not shoot the buffalo calf?
(a) He ran after another calf.
(b) He turned around and took Pretty-shield back to her father.
(c) He struck the calf with his front hoof.
(d) He bucked Pretty-shield off.

2. What kind of dress was the girl wearing that asked Pretty-shield to come swimming with her?
(a) A buckskin dress.
(b) A buffalo hair dress.
(c) A calico dress.
(d) A black silk dress.

3. What were the downy feathers of an eagle or any other bird called?
(a) Prayer-feathers.
(b) Soft-feathers.
(c) Breath-feathers.
(d) Light-feathers.

4. In the story of Red-woman, the boy, and the coyote, how many arrows did the boy hand to the woman when she asked to see his arrows?
(a) Four.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) One.
(d) Nine.

5. What was the color of the silk muffler that Pretty-shield removed from her head in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pretty-shield, the skull that she and the other children found that was abnormally large had a neck bone that was larger than what?

2. How did Long-horse die?

3. How many young women were sliding down the hill when Pretty-shield thought she saw a wolf from their tribe warn them of oncoming enemies?

4. What did Pretty-shield use to "attend to" one of her grandchild's noses?

5. Who named all of Pretty-shield's children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first white men that Pretty-shield met.

2. When Pretty-shield and the other children made a pretend village, the village was so real that they felt they had to do what?

3. What would the men, women, and children do when the village crier would ride through to tell the people that it was time to move?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, what did Linderman ask Pretty-shield as she walked stiffly to the door, and what was Pretty-shield's reply?

5. Describe how Pretty-shield received the scar on her forehead.

6. What are a couple of the things that Pretty-shield describes as being "strange things" in Crow country?

7. What did Pretty-shield tell Linderman about the white bear or grizzly bear?

8. Describe the kicking ball game that Pretty-shield talks about playing in Chapter 8.

9. What was Pretty-shield's answer when Linderman asked if she had ever whipped her own children?

10. What did Pretty-shield see that made her think that all children are alike?

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