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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the wise-one that went to the birthing lodge with Pretty-shield and her mother?
(a) Left-hand.
(b) Middle-river.
(c) Right-foot.
(d) Behind-grass.

2. What was the name of the chief that warned the Crow men that they were not to hurt the Lakota visitors?
(a) White-cloud.
(b) Water-chaser.
(c) Silver-tip.
(d) Willow-whip.

3. What did a man call out when he wanted to visit another man in his lodge?
(a) "Are you there?"
(b) "Are doors open?"
(c) "Open"
(d) "Can I come in?"

4. How many lodges were set up in the Crow camp in the story of the woman mouse?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Twenty.

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

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

7. What was another name for The-mountain-lion's-lodge?
(a) Traveler's Rest.
(b) Pompey's Pillar.
(c) Bozeman Pass.
(d) Beaverhead Cache.

8. What did Pretty-shield's mother use to wipe away their tracks to keep the Lakota from finding them?
(a) A bear's fur coat.
(b) A horse hair brush.
(c) Porcupine quills.
(d) A wolf's skin.

9. Pretty-shield mentions that "the Great Chief in Washington" sends a paper to her every moon that she trades for how much?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Forty dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Thirty dollars.

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

11. What did Pretty-shield's mother rub on the little girl's lips that were cracked and swollen?
(a) Hot fat.
(b) Buffalo spit.
(c) River moss.
(d) Cactus juice.

12. What month is it when it's "in the moon that plums fall"?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) January.

13. What did Long-hair do at the foot of Wolf mountain?
(a) He cut off the first finger of his left hand.
(b) He drove an arrow through his right foot.
(c) He scaled an enemy warrior.
(d) He used a root-digger to mark his skin.

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

15. What did Pretty-shield use to tan her robes and skins?
(a) Sunflowers and cactus.
(b) The liver and brains of the animal.
(c) Roots and dirt.
(d) The intestines and stomach of the animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people was Son-of-the-morning-sun with when he died?

2. When Linderman was leaving the school building in the beginning of Chapter 12, what were the prisoners doing?

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

4. What was the name of Pretty-shield's boy that lived past being a baby?

5. How long did the woman let the meat dry that had been cut off the young buffalo cow?

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