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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, Civilize Them with a Stick; Chapter Four, Drinking and Fighting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work does Grandpa Moore do?
(a) Grandpa Moore has no job.
(b) Tribal policeman.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Truck driver.

2. How many times does Mary see her birth father by Chapter Two?
(a) Never.
(b) Three times.
(c) Once.
(d) Twice.

3. Chapter One is titled "A Woman from He-Dog." What is "He-Dog" and where do you find it?
(a) He-Dog is a reservation community in South Dakota.
(b) He-Dog is a store on the Pine Ridge reservation.
(c) He-Dog is the woman's family name.
(d) He-Dog is a play on words revealed in the chapter.

4. What does the author call the towns of Parmelee, St. Francis, and Mission in Chapter Four?
(a) Rez towns.
(b) Fun towns.
(c) Drunk towns.
(d) Redneck towns.

5. How old is Mary when her mother remarries?
(a) Five or six.
(b) A teenager.
(c) One or two.
(d) Nine or ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Three, what is the author referring to when she says, "The first shock is always there"?

2. How many kids are in Mary's family?

3. What are winter counts?

4. In Chapter Two, the center of the old Sioux society is tiyospaye. What is tiyospaye?

5. Where does Mary go to school as a child?

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