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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the tale about the Stone Boy, what does the young girl swallow?
(a) A stone.
(b) A boy.
(c) A horse.
(d) An arrow.

2. At the end of the yuwipi ceremony, dog meat was eaten. If someone ended up with the dog's head, what did that mean?
(a) The dog will watch over you from the clouds.
(b) It will bring good luck.
(c) You must pass on your power to your eldest son.
(d) You are doomed to darkness.

3. Lame Deer talks about the white man being afraid of natural odors and declares that soon the white man will breed people without what?
(a) Pores.
(b) Feet.
(c) Body openings.
(d) Underarms.

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

5. What was the name of Lame Deer's other grandfather besides Crazy Heart?
(a) Planter of Water.
(b) Flying By.
(c) Good Fox.
(d) Did Not Butcher.

6. What was the name of Lame Deer's (the great-grandfather) second chief that was shot by soldiers?
(a) Iron Star.
(b) Screaming Eagle.
(c) Morning Sun.
(d) Rod Iron.

7. 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) Fourteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Eighteen.

8. What does Lame Deer say the white man forgot to give Indians when they brought them whiskey?
(a) A woman to cry about.
(b) Green frog skin.
(c) A flask.
(d) The instruction book.

9. Lame Deer talks about a famous chief that was named Man-Afraid-of-His-what?
(a) Arrow.
(b) Cow.
(c) Knife.
(d) Horse.

10. One way for young folks to get together was for the girl to stand outside her family's tipi with what?
(a) A big blanket.
(b) A buffalo skull.
(c) A bowl of stew.
(d) A peace pipe.

11. Lame Deer told a reporter that he would like to plant a staff on the very top of Mount Rushmore to make it a sacred mountain again. What colors would be on the staff?
(a) Black and green.
(b) Red and yellow.
(c) Black and red.
(d) Yellow and green.

12. During the yuwipi ceremony a man would lie face down and have his fingers laced together with what?
(a) Twine.
(b) Human hair.
(c) Rawhide.
(d) Horse hair.

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

14. 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 send pieces of their hair with the young man.
(c) They would pass around the peace pipe.
(d) They would carve their name into the young man's belt.

15. In the first part of the book, Lame Deer describes a white soldier bellied down in a gully watching the women using his green frog skin to fire up what?
(a) Buffalo chips.
(b) Fire wood.
(c) The bonfire for a dance.
(d) The latern for the tipi.

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. How many horses did Lame Deer's father have?

3. How many times was the door to the sweat house opened during the inipi ceremony?

4. In the beginning of the tale about the Stone Boy, a young girl had how many brothers?

5. 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?

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