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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Yellow-calf and his war-party wiped out by?
(a) The Cherokee.
(b) The Ute.
(c) The Lakota.
(d) The Crow.

2. What were the downy feathers of an eagle or any other bird called?
(a) Soft-feathers.
(b) Prayer-feathers.
(c) Breath-feathers.
(d) Light-feathers.

3. What did men in the tribe do when they grew too old to take care of themselves?
(a) They wandered off to enjoy the afterlife.
(b) They would sit in their cottage and tell stories and the young would take of them.
(c) They dressed in their finest clothes and went to war against the enemy.
(d) They stayed in a cave and fought whatever animals they could find until they died.

4. Who was C.H. Asbury?
(a) The warden of the prison.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The janitor.
(d) The superintendent.

5. According to the coyote, what were the Red-woman's feathers?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Her footsteps.
(c) Her life.
(d) Her breath.

6. What color was the tobacco seed pouch that Linderman put into his coat pocket?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Yellow.

7. According to Pretty-shield, the skull that she and the other children found that was abnormally large had a neck bone that was larger than what?
(a) A buffalo's horn.
(b) A tree trunk.
(c) A horse hoof.
(d) A man's wrist.

8. Pretty-shield states in Chapter 1 that she was born across what river?
(a) The Ohio river.
(b) The Snake river.
(c) The Mississippi river.
(d) The Missouri river.

9. What was the boy eating in Chapter 4 when the coyote came to him?
(a) A kidney from a buffalo calf.
(b) A heart from a buffalo calf.
(c) A brain from a buffalo calf.
(d) A liver from a buffalo calf.

10. What color were the arrow-points that Pretty-shield found in a large pile?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

11. What was the name of Pretty-shield's father?
(a) Crazy-sister-in-law.
(b) Large-antelope-runner.
(c) Dizzy-buffalo-herd.
(d) Sinking-fish-boat.

12. Who was the chief of the Crow tribe that Pretty-shield talked about in Chapter 2?
(a) Long-horse.
(b) Crazy-horse.
(c) Wild-horse.
(d) Spotted-horse.

13. What type of building was Linderman waiting in the corner of when Pretty-shield entered with Goes-together?
(a) Linderman's home.
(b) A school building.
(c) A law office.
(d) A library.

14. How many times did the mother bear slap her boy cub?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

15. What was the color of the silk muffler that Pretty-shield removed from her head in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what kind of tree was Pretty-shield's turnip digger made?

2. How many bad faults did Pretty-shield say her father had?

3. Even after leaving the creek where the woman died, Pretty-shield felt afraid and hid what?

4. Who did Pretty-shield bring to live with her and Goes-ahead when they were married?

5. What was the name of the other girl that agreed to try to kill a buffalo calf with Pretty-Shield?

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