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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the fourth morning, the stranger came to the woman and her daughter and told them his name. What was his name?
(a) Lone-hunter.
(b) Lost-boy.
(c) Sharp-claws.
(d) White-eagle.

2. Where was meat usually roasted, according to Pretty-shield?
(a) Over the fire in the chief's lodge.
(b) On sticks over the fire.
(c) In holes in the ground.
(d) In the sun on rocks.

3. When Pretty-shield was telling Linderman about how much work goes into preparing for a sun-dance, how many buffalo tongues did she mention needed to feed the warriors who had counted coup in battle?
(a) More than one hundred-ten.
(b) More than one hundred-fifty.
(c) More than one hundred-sixty.
(d) More than one hundred.

4. When Pretty-shield told Linderman the story of the woman who escaped from the Lakota, who did she mention knew this woman?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

5. What was the name of Sitting-heifer's man?
(a) Flowing-rain.
(b) Strong-tide.
(c) Long-ear.
(d) Running-rock.

6. Who came to Feather-woman and told her that they knew she was sorry for what she had done?
(a) A mountain-lion.
(b) A Crow wolf.
(c) A grizzly bear.
(d) A buffalo cow.

7. What did Pretty-shield claim happened to her people when the buffalo went away?
(a) They went crazy and could not think as clearly.
(b) They turned to the great God to help them salvage what they had.
(c) They were starving.
(d) Their hearts fell to the ground.

8. In how many days did the woman mouse tell Little-face they would be attacked by the Lakota?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

9. In the beginning of Chapter 18, Linderman asks Pretty-shield if Goes-ahead was with who when they died?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) General Terry.
(c) Crazy Horse.
(d) General Custer.

10. What did Lion-woman and her children live off of when they were trying to survive in the wild?
(a) Buffalo chips.
(b) Roots.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Tree bark.

11. How many children did Pretty-shield have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

12. What did the husband of Lion-woman do to himself when he was reunited with his family?
(a) He sang to the heavens.
(b) He fasted for ten days straight.
(c) He cut off one of his fingers.
(d) He drew blood from his arms with his knife.

13. How old was Pretty-shield when her man "took her"?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Fifteen.

14. How old was Pretty-shield when she was promised to Goes-ahead?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twelve.

15. Who did Pretty-shield describe as being bad and brave?
(a) Good-cattle-herd.
(b) The-barron-land.
(c) Open-wheat-fields.
(d) The-other-magpie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the springtime, how many tongues does the chickadee have, according to Pretty-shield?

2. Along what river was the Big Tree located?

3. How many "snows ago" did Pretty-shield tell Linderman her man, Goes-ahead, had been gone?

4. What did a man call out when he wanted to visit another man in his lodge?

5. What was the name of Pretty-shield's uncle that carried the pipe and was with General Custer?

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