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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 kind of arrow was stuck in the buffalo cow that the Crow hunters found?

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

3. Who did Pretty-shield describe as being bad and brave?

4. In how many days did the woman mouse tell Little-face they would be attacked by the Lakota?

5. What month was Pretty-shield talking about when she states that something happened in the moon when leaves are showing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who were the people that accompanied General Custer to the battle at Little Bighorn?

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

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

6. 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?

7. When the woman first met the white bear in the story of Lost-boy, what did the white bear offer the woman and her child?

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

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

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

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

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?

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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