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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Indian tribe was Sitting Bull a member of?

a)

Tongva

b)

Pawnee

c)

Sioux

d)

Cherokee

2.

Who led the government expedition to take the Black Hills from the Sioux? The film only mentioned him.

a)

Colonel George Armstrong Custer

b)

General Robert E. Lee

c)

Gereral John F. Reynolds

d)

Colonel Robert Rushbrooke

3.
What act divided up Indian reservations into plots of land to be given to the Indian families?
a)
Hayes Act
b)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c)
Bland-Allison Act
d)
Dawes Act
4.
Many Native Americans longed for the return of their way of life.  Many turned to a religious ceremony called the ______________.
a)
Moon Dance
b)
Sun Dance
c)
Greasy grass Dance
d)
Ghost Dance
5.

Why does young Charles resit taking a English name in school?

a)

Native Americans are naturally rebellious

b)

The book of name is very long and he has not been able to read all of it

c)

All of the best names have already been taken

d)

He feels that by doing so he would be disrespecting his heritage

6.

The people of the reservation came to get the "brown bottle" in the medical clinic because

a)

The are sick and needed the medicine inside

b)

They sold the bottles in the community to make extra income

c)

It contained a small amount of alcohol that they were addicted to.

d)

They wanted the U.S. government to think they appreciated the support

7.

How did Charles end up with Eastman for his last name?

a)

Eastman was a partner of Kodak and photography was very popular at the time

b)

He felt that education would make him more like the men of the East, or in other words, an Eastman

c)

It was assigned to him once he went to college to study

d)

It was his mother's last name

8.

What was Charles' last task in the end of the film?

a)

to develop a plan to relocate the Native people once more

b)

to assign a Christian name to every Sioux person

c)

to provide medical care to the victims of the massacre at Wounded Knee

d)

to serve as Senator Dawes personal assistant

9.

How did Charles earn the feather that his father asked about and that he puts into the river at the end of the film?

a)

by killing in battle

b)

in a successful hunt for the tribe

c)

because he knows his families history

d)

because he chose a wife

10.

Which one of the following is the correct answer?

a)

Incorrecto

b)

Not this one!

c)

Right here, this is the right one, click on this answer, it is the only way to earn the point.

d)

This is the worst choice, seriously only very stupid people choose this one.