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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5: Alone on the Hilltip; That Gun in the New York Museum Belongs to Me; The Green Frog Skin; Getting Drunk, Going to Jail; Sitting on Top of Teddy Roosevelt's Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lame Deer talks about the four square miles along the Rapid River that his great-grandfather and his tribe had taken away from them, he talks about the government missing out on a life-sized dinosaur made out of green what?
(a) Iron.
(b) Wood.
(c) Paper Mache.
(d) Concrete.

2. What did Lame Deer mention was a problem for Indians and that it wouldn't get better?
(a) Death.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Ceremonies.
(d) Alcoholism.

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

4. Crazy Horse never let a white man take what?
(a) His bow and arrow.
(b) His picture.
(c) His pipe.
(d) His freedom.

5. What did Lame Deer know he needed to do after he saw his grandfather with blood dripping from his chest?
(a) He needed to tell his family about the horrible truths of the white man.
(b) He needed to take his grandfather's name.
(c) He needed to seek revenge on the white man.
(d) He needed to be a medicine man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer talks about an old white man that invited him and his friend into his cellar to drink and play cards. Lame Deer said that this bootlegger was so drunk he couldn't do what?

2. Lame Deer told a reporter that he would like to plant a staff on the very top of Mount Rushmore to make it a sacred mountain again. What colors would be on the staff?

3. How many squares of flesh did Lame Deer's grandmother cut from her arm for him to have in the vision pit?

4. At the Custer battle, who had green paper in their pockets?

5. Richard Erdoes tells Lame Deer that good art cannot be made with what?

(see the answer key)

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