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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. When Pretty-shield entered the school building out of breath from running, she wiped her forehead with what?
(a) Linderman's handkerchief.
(b) A towel left on a desk.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her blanket.

2. When Plenty-coups entered the sun-lodge with three other warriors, he gave a war cry and then did what?
(a) Aimed his gun and fired.
(b) Fell to his knees and prayed.
(c) Moved the wood from the burning fire.
(d) Turned to his brothers to have them repeat the war cry.

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

4. When Linderman was walking back toward the school building in the beginning of Chapter 12, how many chickadees did he see?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. How many coals did the wise-one take from the lodge-fire?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color did the men paint their faces to show a sign of victory?

2. In how many days did the woman mouse tell Little-face they would be attacked by the Lakota?

3. 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?

4. Who called Pretty-shield a "brave little woman" when she was a girl and picked her up and carried her to her mother?

5. How long did the woman let the meat dry that had been cut off the young buffalo cow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the tribes that Pretty-shield mentioned in Chapter 14 that never let her people rest because they were always at war?

2. What did the mountain lion say to Feather-woman?

3. What did the daughter do when her mother told her to go to Lost-boy and be his woman?

4. How was meat cooked in what Pretty-shield refers to as meat-holes?

5. How did Pretty-shield reply when Linderman asked her if the men who had died at Little Bighorn had been buried?

6. At what age was Pretty-shield promised to her man, what was his name, and at what age were they married?

7. Who was the Crow that "challenged" Sitting Bull, and what important question did he ask Sitting Bull?

8. What happened when the Crow's land was leased to white stock-men?

9. How does Pretty-shield describe Goes-ahead?

10. What happened to the woman that was picking plums and was bitten by a rattlesnake?

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