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

2. At the Custer battle, who had green paper in their pockets?
(a) The white soldiers.
(b) The Indian warriors.
(c) The white generals.
(d) The Indian chiefs.

3. Lame Deer talks about a bird in the book that doesn't chirp. What did the white man call this type of bird?
(a) A crow.
(b) A night hawk.
(c) A golden eagle.
(d) An owl.

4. What did Ziolkowski say he wanted to do for the Indians?
(a) He said he wanted to put up a giant statue of Crazy Horse.
(b) He said he wanted to paint Mount Rushmore in horrible colors.
(c) He said that he wanted to dedicate his work to Lame Deer.
(d) He said he wanted to stop work on Mount Rushmore.

5. How old was Lame Deer when his mother died?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. What did Lame Deer mention was a problem for Indians and that it wouldn't get better?

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

5. What does Lame Deer say is on the money, but is being killed by the money?

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