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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 many "snows ago" did Pretty-shield tell Linderman her man, Goes-ahead, had been gone?
2. What was Linderman's answer to Pretty-shield's question about how old Plenty-coups said he was?
3. Pretty-shield mentions that "the Great Chief in Washington" sends a paper to her every moon that she trades for how much?
4. What was the name of Sitting-heifer's man?
5. In the beginning of Chapter 15, Linderman visits the Trader's store for what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was meat cooked in what Pretty-shield refers to as meat-holes?
2. What precautions did the women take that had just had a baby?
3. What was the name of the aged Negro that Linderman mentioned in Chapter 15, and who had he been a servant to?
4. What bird did Pretty-shield tell Linderman had big medicine, and what did she ask Linderman about this particular bird?
5. What was the name of the woman that won a battle against the Lakota, how old was she, and what did she do to chase off the Lakota?
6. What did the daughter do when her mother told her to go to Lost-boy and be his woman?
7. What happened to the woman that was picking plums and was bitten by a rattlesnake?
8. How does Pretty-shield describe Goes-ahead?
9. What did Pretty-shield state were the happiest days of her life?
10. What happened when the Crow's land was leased to white stock-men?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Pretty-shield mean in Chapter 19 when she states, "when the buffalo went away, the hearts of my people fell to the ground"?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Pretty-shield's experience of having a baby that she tells Linderman about in Chapter 11; explain how you think this experience affected Pretty-shield. How was it helpful to have others there with her during this experience? Do you think Pretty-shield was strong enough to have a baby on her own during this time? Why or why not? Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 8, Pretty-shield had an experience with a baby bear who had been scolded by his mother. What life lesson, or lessons, can the reader take away from this story? What did Pretty-shield learn from this experience? What did the baby bear learn from this experience, if he learned anything at all?
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