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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. 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 golden eagle.
(b) A night hawk.
(c) An owl.
(d) A crow.

2. What does Lame Deer say is on the money, but is being killed by the money?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) The bald eagle.
(c) The soldiers.
(d) The open land.

3. What does the steam represent that is coming out of the pot mentioned in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) New life.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Living breath.

4. What did the girls often do when the time of parting had come for them and someone they love?
(a) They would make up a song.
(b) They would carve their name into the young man's belt.
(c) They would send pieces of their hair with the young man.
(d) They would pass around the peace pipe.

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

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. What does the name wicasa wakan mean?

3. What did the rectangles represent that had one line missing that are found on the belt that Lame Deer's grandmother made?

4. What does Lame Deer say the white man forgot to give Indians when they brought them whiskey?

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

(see the answer key)

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