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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pretty-shield do when her father's buckskin horse "took over"?

2. How did Pretty-shield get caught when she was running away from a mad buffalo bull?

3. What month was Pretty-shield born in?

4. Who did Pretty-shield bring to live with her and Goes-ahead when they were married?

5. How long did Pretty-shield's aunt keep her pet bears?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Pretty-shield describe the happy Crow life, and how was their life changed by the horse?

3. What did Kills-good use for dishes and drinking cups?

4. What was Linderman's response when Pretty-shield inquired on what he wanted her to speak about?

5. 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?

6. What did Pretty-shield's buffalo horse do when she didn't shoot a calf they were chasing after?

7. Describe how Pretty-shield's kicking ball was made.

8. Describe Kills-good.

9. Why did Pretty-shield state that the Crows could not all live together?

10. What did Pretty-shield do during the bear attack on the women picking berries?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What new thing or things did you learn about the Crow culture from this book? What things surprised you or enlightened about the Crow way of life? Use specific information to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What was one of your favorite stories that Pretty-shield told in the book? Why was this your favorite story?

Essay Topic 3

Pretty-shield was sent to live with her aunt when she was very young instead of having her mother raise her. How do you think this experience benefited Pretty-shield as well as her aunt? What did Pretty-shield and her aunt learn from this experience? Do you think Pretty-shield's mother was okay with this arrangement or do you think she regretted it?

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