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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-14: Inipi-Grandfather's Breath; Yuwipi-Little Lights from Nowhere; Looking at the Sun, They Dance; Don't Hurt the Trees; Roll Up the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lame Deer say the white man goes to to escape bad weather?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Miami.
(c) Las Angeles.
(d) San Diego.

2. What was the reason that Indians drank according to Lame Deer?
(a) To hold on.
(b) To forget.
(c) To be more like the white man.
(d) To remember.

3. What is the word that the Sioux Indians use for the soul, spirit, or essence?
(a) Hanblechia.
(b) Shehi.
(c) Nagi.
(d) Heyoka.

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

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. Rocks that were used for curing were wrapped carefully in a piece of what?

2. What does the word inyan mean?

3. What animal was most likely to appear in a vision that a medicine man had?

4. How much did the Indian who had lost a leg in an industrial accident receive in insurance money?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 13, Lame Deer mentions that one of his tribe's troubles is that they can't do what?

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