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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. What was on the blanket that Lame Deer's grandmother had made especially for the vision pit?
(a) A star.
(b) A circle.
(c) A buffalo.
(d) A thunderbird.

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

3. What did the girls often do when the time of parting had come for them and someone they love?
(a) They would pass around the peace pipe.
(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 make up a song.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word hanhepiwi mean?

2. 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?

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

4. What did the Indians name "holy dog"?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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