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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. According to the coyote, what were the Red-woman's feathers?

2. What was the boy eating in Chapter 4 when the coyote came to him?

3. How many other times had Linderman been able to obtain tobacco seed from an Indian?

4. When the children were performing their sun dance, they used whistles. What were these whistles made of?

5. What was the name of the other girl that agreed to try to kill a buffalo calf with Pretty-Shield?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are a couple of the things that Pretty-shield describes as being "strange things" in Crow country?

2. How did the Crows get the Smallpox, and how did it affect their tribe?

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

4. Why did Pretty-shield bring up the subject of the prisoners locked up in the Agency jail?

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

6. What did Pretty-shield see that made her think that all children are alike?

7. Describe what happened when Pretty-shield's mother chased after the horse that ran away from her.

8. In Chapter 4, what did the coyote tell the boy to do to get rid of Red-woman?

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

10. How did Pretty-shield and the old mare make it out of the middle of a herd of running buffalo?

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

In Chapter 18, how does Pretty-shield describe war? Some tribes seemed to be more peaceful while other tribes seemed to search for battles. Do you think most of the Crow tribe had the same thoughts on war? What evidence is there of other tribes wanting or searching for war instead of trying to avoid it? How do you think the men or warrior's view of war is different from Pretty-shield's or a woman's view?

Essay Topic 3

Pretty-shield entrusted Linderman to make an account of her life and write about the Crow culture. Why do you think Pretty-shield trusted Linderman enough to do this? How did Pretty-shield communicate with Linderman, and do you think there were things in the stories that were lost because of the language barrier between them?

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