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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 Pretty-shield's mother rub on the little girl's lips that were cracked and swollen?
(a) Hot fat.
(b) River moss.
(c) Buffalo spit.
(d) Cactus juice.

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

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

4. What did Tricky-wolf paint an otter doing on Good-otters' lodge?
(a) Breathing red fire.
(b) Swimming in a river.
(c) Dancing under the sun.
(d) Shooting a bow and arrow.

5. Why wouldn't any of the Lakota people take Feather-woman back with them?
(a) Because she had killed her own man.
(b) Because she had told them she liked the Crow village better.
(c) Because she had broken a tribe law.
(d) Because she was too old to walk back.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was the woman Strikes-two when she rode through the Crow camp singing her medicine song?

3. How old was Pretty-shield when her man "took her"?

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

5. How old was the boy that fell into the lodge fire when he actually fell into the fire?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. According to Pretty-shield, how were babies bathed?

8. What was the name of the aged Negro that Linderman mentioned in Chapter 15, and who had he been a servant to?

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

10. What did Pretty-shield state were the happiest days of her life?

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