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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. One way for young folks to get together was for the girl to stand outside her family's tipi with what?
(a) A peace pipe.
(b) A buffalo skull.
(c) A bowl of stew.
(d) A big blanket.

2. What does the Sioux word wincincalas mean?
(a) Good-looking girls.
(b) Frightened dogs.
(c) Monstrous buffaloes.
(d) Powerful warriors.

3. 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?
(a) Red and yellow.
(b) Black and red.
(c) Yellow and green.
(d) Black and green.

4. Lame Deer talks about one of the Sioux's greatest holy men whose name was Chips. How old was Chips' grandson, Godfrey, when the power was passed on to him?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Thirteen.

5. What animal does Lame Deer mention in Chapter 7 that is much like an Indian because it's unchangeable?
(a) A bear.
(b) A cat.
(c) A buffalo.
(d) A wolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 8, Lame Deer tells a big secret that he just wants to whisper and doesn't dare say aloud. What is this secret?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Lame Deer mentions a pot with plenty of what inside?

3. What was the name of Lame Deer's (the great-grandfather) second chief that was shot by soldiers?

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

5. What did Lame Deer know he needed to do after he saw his grandfather with blood dripping from his chest?

(see the answer key)

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