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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. When Linderman was walking back toward the school building in the beginning of Chapter 12, how many chickadees did he see?

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

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

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

5. When Pretty-shield entered the school building out of breath from running, she wiped her forehead with what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the name of the woman that won a battle against the Lakota, how old was she, and what did she do to chase off the Lakota?

8. In the story of the woman-mouse, what did the woman-mouse whisper in Little-face's ear?

9. In the story of Lost-boy, how did Lost-boy burn his face?

10. What are some of the tribes that Pretty-shield mentioned in Chapter 14 that never let her people rest because they were always at war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you think Pretty-shield suppressed her anger towards the white man? What they had done to her tribe? How do you think Pretty-shield's view of the white man changed from the time she met her first white trappers to the days of the Smallpox and white men killing all the buffalo on the plains? Do you think it was hard for Pretty-shield to tell her story to a white man?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How do you think Pretty-shield hoped to change the view on the Crow culture by helping with this book? What things do you think Linderman learned from writing this book speaking with Pretty-shield? How much did you learn about the Crow culture that you didn't know before?

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