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

2. According to Lame Deer, what was the name of the greatest of all the Sioux?
(a) Crazy Bull.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) Wild Horse.
(d) Sitting Bull.

3. Lame Deer states that their tribe's oldest lady had a face like what?
(a) The wrinkled sheet.
(b) The rock covered mountains.
(c) Rippled water.
(d) The Badlands.

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) Thirteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Fourteen.

5. How many puffs did the Sioux take on the peace pipe?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Lame Deer say the white man has changed it's women into?

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

4. What did the girls often do when the time of parting had come for them and someone they love?

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

(see the answer key)

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