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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, Crying for a Dream; Chapter Eight, Cankpe Opi Wakpala.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many items are on the list on the poster given to Mary's grandfather by missionaries?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. In Chapter Two, what happens to Mary's uncles?
(a) They die in infancy.
(b) They are jailed.
(c) They are killed by soldiers.
(d) They catch TB and die.

3. What is an iyeska?
(a) A Native American woman.
(b) A teenager.
(c) Someone who is both white and Native American.
(d) Someone belonging to the Lakota Nation.

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

5. What is the sacred medicine that was the Creator's gift to the Indian people?
(a) Sage.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Agrimony.
(d) Sweet grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs the boarding school while Mary attends?

2. In Chapter Five, whose drug of choice is LSD?

3. Who is Ira Hayes?

4. What legislation passes in 1934 that focuses on Indian government?

5. How does Barbara miscarry her baby at the beginning of Chapter Five?

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