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

3. 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 open land.
(d) The soldiers.

4. At the Custer battle, who had green paper in their pockets?
(a) The white soldiers.
(b) The Indian chiefs.
(c) The Indian warriors.
(d) The white generals.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Lame Deer mentions a pot with plenty of what inside?
(a) Water.
(b) Herbs.
(c) Dog meat.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name wicasa wakan mean?

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

3. 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?

4. What state did the Sioux church members have to get their peyote from?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the Indians smoke for the fourth and last time in the sweat house, what do they say and how do they exit?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 10, what does Lame Deer mention is the Indian's first rite and always comes before any other ritual?

3. Why was the trial that Lame Deer was involved in considered to be one big confusion?

4. What would the mothers of daughters afraid of tipi-creepers do to create a "No Trespassing" sign on their daughter and what would the mothers do if they found there had been a tipi-creeper?

5. How did Lame Deer end up with a bum shoulder?

6. How does Lame Deer describe the white man's way of war?

7. How does Godfrey Chips describe Crazy Horse?

8. Most of the time, how does a person become a medicine man?

9. Describe the first white man that Lame Deer ever met.

10. What did the old Indian in The Green Frog Skin mean when he said, "now they own the air, too."?

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