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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Pretty-shield when Linderman interviewed her for the book?

2. Pretty-shield claimed in Chapter 8 that a grizzly bear once bit off a woman's what?

3. What killed Pretty-shield's father?

4. What color were the arrow-points that Pretty-shield found in a large pile?

5. Who named all of Pretty-shield's children?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how did Pretty-shield describe her father?

2. In what ways were Pretty-shield's people tough?

3. What are a couple of the things that Pretty-shield describes as being "strange things" in Crow country?

4. What was Pretty-shield's answer to the question that Linderman asked concerning how a man treated a married sister-in-law?

5. What would the men, women, and children do when the village crier would ride through to tell the people that it was time to move?

6. What happened to good buffalo horses when they ran after buffalo?

7. What did Pretty-shield's buffalo horse do when she didn't shoot a calf they were chasing after?

8. Describe Kills-good.

9. How did the Crows get the Smallpox, and how did it affect their tribe?

10. Describe Pretty-shield's father's buffalo horse.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pretty-shield was obviously involved with all of her grandchildren's lives.What do you think Pretty-shield's hopes for her grandchildren were? What fears do you think she had for their futures? What changes in her lifetime evoked these hopes and fears?

Essay Topic 2

How do you think Pretty-shield hoped to change the view on the Crow culture by helping with this book? What things do you think Linderman learned from writing this book speaking with Pretty-shield? How much did you learn about the Crow culture that you didn't know before?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Pretty-shield. Describe Pretty-shield's characteristics and ideals. What things were important to Pretty-shield while growing up? What things were important to Pretty-shield as an old woman?

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