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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. How many times did the woman's daughter go into the man's lodge and lay inside by the door and get sent out?

2. What was the name of Pretty-shield's boy that lived past being a baby?

3. What did Pretty-shield's mother rub on the little girl's lips that were cracked and swollen?

4. What was the name of the chief that warned the Crow men that they were not to hurt the Lakota visitors?

5. How many people was Son-of-the-morning-sun with when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bird did Pretty-shield tell Linderman had big medicine, and what did she ask Linderman about this particular bird?

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

3. Why was Feather-woman not chosen to go back with her Lakota people?

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

5. Who were some of the Sore-lip members that Pretty-shield mentioned in Chapter 17, and what was their medicine?

6. How does Pretty-shield describe Goes-ahead?

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

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

9. How did Linderman reply when Pretty-shield asked him if he had ever talked to animal-people?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Pretty-shield's experience of having a baby that she tells Linderman about in Chapter 11; explain how you think this experience affected Pretty-shield. How was it helpful to have others there with her during this experience? Do you think Pretty-shield was strong enough to have a baby on her own during this time? Why or why not? Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the two different occasions when Pretty-shield met "the white man". Compare and contrast these two experiences. How do you think each of these experiences molded Pretty-shield's view of the white man? Do you think it was beneficial for her to have these two very different experiences? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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