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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Seven, who finds the chief peyote?
(a) Henry.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Leonard.
(d) Mary.

2. What is the "Red Panther"?
(a) A book.
(b) A student newspaper that the author was involved in.
(c) A group of students at the boarding school.
(d) A Native American protest group.

3. What activity is justified as a way of getting a little of their own back?
(a) Shoplifting.
(b) Stealing cars.
(c) Drinking alcohol.
(d) Taking drugs.

4. What does Mary's Grandpa Moore consider a feast?
(a) Turtle stew.
(b) Deer meat.
(c) Beef.
(d) Antelope.

5. Who is Ira Hayes?
(a) One of the BIA employees who talked to AIM.
(b) A Pima man who won the Congressional Medal of Honor.
(c) A Native American Congressman.
(d) One of the protestors in Washington, D.C.

6. What does Mary spend $99.99 on in Chapter Eight?
(a) Beads.
(b) Dishes.
(c) An imitation Persian rug.
(d) Asian food while in New York.

7. What is pejuta sapa, mentioned in Chapter Five?
(a) Sweet.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Bread.

8. According to the author in Chapter Seven, what is the movement for Native American rights first a movement about?
(a) Political rights.
(b) Spiritual rights.
(c) Economic rights.
(d) Legal rights.

9. Approximately how many acres are in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations?
(a) Two million.
(b) Three million.
(c) Three hundred thousand.
(d) Eight hundred thousand.

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

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

12. What historic event does Grandpa Fool Bull witness?
(a) Mary's birth.
(b) Little Big Horn.
(c) The first Wounded Knee.
(d) The Trail of Tears.

13. Who says, "We are the Old Indians, the landlords of this continent, coming to collect the rent"?
(a) Mary Brave Bird.
(b) Leonard Crow Dog.
(c) Dick Fool Bull.
(d) Dennis Banks.

14. What is the best description of the type of book Lakota Woman is?
(a) Historical fiction.
(b) Current events non-fiction.
(c) Autobiography.
(d) Suspense.

15. Who are the helpless ones, according to Chapter Two?
(a) Elderly and children.
(b) Alcoholics.
(c) People from Pine Ridge.
(d) Those living in poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of an upside down flag for Native Americans?

2. Why does Mary receive 25 swats with a paddle when she is thirteen?

3. In Chapter Two, what happens to Mary's uncles?

4. Who runs the boarding school while Mary attends?

5. Who says, "Kill 'em all, big and small, nits make lice"?

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