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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blood Turned Into Stone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word heyoka mean?
(a) Clown.
(b) Bull.
(c) Horse.
(d) Rodeo.

2. In the beginning of Chapter 13, Lame Deer states that the first thing the white man usually asks about is what?
(a) The peace pipe.
(b) Buffalo skins.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Green frog skin.

3. To get ready for a yuwipi meeting, what did the floor need to be covered with?
(a) Sagebrush.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Buffalo hides.
(d) Dung.

4. When Lame Deer was describing the pipe in Blood Turned Into Stone, he states that the pipe is "us". Therefore, the stem of the pipe represented what?
(a) A leg.
(b) A backbone.
(c) An arm.
(d) A body.

5. What does Lame Deer say the white man has changed it's women into?
(a) Workers.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Housewives.
(d) Hunters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer described the prayer he usually said when he was crying for a vision. He asked the Great Spirit to pity him so that what may occur?

2. Lame Deer states that many white men think that the sun dance is an initiation of what?

3. What was the name for men who dressed like women?

4. What was the name of Lame Deer's other grandfather besides Crazy Heart?

5. In Chapter 8, Lame Deer talks about a young Navajo boy and girl in their apartment in their city. What color of blanket did he put over this young couple?

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