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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9: The Circle and the Square; Talking to the Owls and Butterflies; Two in a Blanket; Medicine Good and Bad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the book, Lame Deer talks about horses in a rodeo and how the riders knew how the horses were going to buck. He says that it's not like riding a horse any more, it's like driving what?
(a) A garbage truck.
(b) A bike.
(c) A old mare.
(d) A milk truck.

2. Lame Deer tells a story about his uncle and how his horse's rope was pulled into a badger's hole. What did his uncle have to do with the rope?
(a) He had to use his knife to cut the rope.
(b) He had to kill the badger.
(c) He and his horse had to pull on the rope together.
(d) He had to shoot the rope in two.

3. What does the word heyoka mean?
(a) Horse.
(b) Rodeo.
(c) Clown.
(d) Bull.

4. How much did the Indian who had lost a leg in an industrial accident receive in insurance money?
(a) Ten thousand dollars.
(b) Five thousand dollars.
(c) Twelve thousand dollars.
(d) Fifteen thousand dollars.

5. Lame Deer talks about the white man being afraid of natural odors and declares that soon the white man will breed people without what?
(a) Underarms.
(b) Feet.
(c) Body openings.
(d) Pores.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lame Deer, what was the name of the greatest of all the Sioux?

2. Lame Deer talks about a bird in the book that doesn't chirp. What did the white man call this type of bird?

3. What animal does Lame Deer mention in Chapter 7 that is much like an Indian because it's unchangeable?

4. How many guns are there in the Museum of the American Indian in New York City that once belonged to famous Indian chiefs?

5. Korczak Ziolkowski told Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes that his Crazy Horse monument would dwarf what?

(see the answer key)

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