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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. Who were Yellow-calf and his war-party wiped out by?

2. How old was Pretty-shield when Linderman interviewed her for the book?

3. What was the name of Goes-together's husband?

4. What right did a Crow man have concerning his new wife's sisters?

5. Pretty-shield states in Chapter 1 that she was born across what river?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Pretty-shield's father's buffalo horse.

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, how did Pretty-shield describe her father?

5. What did Pretty-shield bring for Linderman in the tiny buckskin pouch and what did she warn him against after handing it to him?

6. What had the bear done to Kills-by-the-water?

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

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

9. What was Pretty-shield's answer to the question that Linderman asked concerning how a man treated a married sister-in-law?

10. When Linderman was closing the damper on the big stove, what was he wondering about asking Pretty-shield?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After reading this book, what were some ideas of important staples the Crow people had in every day life? How does Pretty-shield incorporate these staples into her stories? How does she describe the need for these particular items? How do you think the Crow life would be different without one, some, or all of these staples?

Essay Topic 2

How does Pretty-shield describe the way of life for Crows in modern day compared to life as it was growing up as a little girl? What things do you think Pretty-shield misses most about the Crow life as a child? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Explain some of the conflicts that Pretty-shield had to face as the subject of the book. What are some of the different individuals, forces of nature, or ideas that caused conflict in Pretty-shield's experiences?

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