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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 was the name of the wise-one that went to the birthing lodge with Pretty-shield and her mother?
(a) Right-foot.
(b) Behind-grass.
(c) Middle-river.
(d) Left-hand.

2. When Pretty-shield was talking about the buffalo going away, how long does she say it has been since she saw a buffalo?
(a) More than 20 years.
(b) More than 35 years.
(c) More than 45 years.
(d) More than 40 years.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many "snows ago" did Pretty-shield tell Linderman her man, Goes-ahead, had been gone?

2. What was the name of Pretty-shield's uncle that carried the pipe and was with General Custer?

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. What color of blanket was the Crow woman wearing when she came in and interrupted Linderman interviewing Pretty-shield in Chapter 12?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the name of the woman that won a battle against the Lakota, how old was she, and what did she do to chase off the Lakota?

5. 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?

6. In the story of the woman-mouse, what did the woman-mouse whisper in Little-face's ear?

7. What question did Linderman ask Pretty-shield in the beginning of Chapter 16 that pleased her?

8. In the story of Lost-boy, how did Lost-boy burn his face?

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

10. What precautions did the women take that had just had a baby?

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