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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard Erdoes tells Lame Deer that good art cannot be made with what?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A jackhammer.
(c) Piece of green frog skin.
(d) A tail feather.

2. To protect their daughters from tipi-creepers, what would mothers tie around their daughter's waists?
(a) Knotted brances.
(b) Buffalo skin.
(c) Hair ropes.
(d) Eagle feathers.

3. According to Lame Deer, what was the name of the greatest of all the Sioux?
(a) Crazy Horse.
(b) Wild Horse.
(c) Sitting Bull.
(d) Crazy Bull.

4. What does the word inipi mean?
(a) Sweat bath.
(b) Peace pipe.
(c) Wood bow.
(d) Dog stew.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 11, Lame Deer describes a yuwipi ceremony. What does Lame Deer state roared in the darkness?
(a) The Great Spirit.
(b) The drums.
(c) The pipe smoke.
(d) The fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lame Deer say the white man goes to to escape bad weather?

2. Korczak Ziolkowski told Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes that his Crazy Horse monument would dwarf what?

3. What Sioux word means to bind or tie up?

4. How many puffs did the Sioux take on the peace pipe?

5. What did the girls often do when the time of parting had come for them and someone they love?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes enjoy sitting on Teddy Roosevelt's head more than the other heads on Mount Rushmore?

2. When Lame Deer was put on trial, how much was he paid per day?

3. Describe how Lame Deer's great-grandfather was killed by mistake.

4. Describe how Lame Deer sees the old cooking pot in Chapter 6.

5. What would happen in a Sioux tribe when a young girl would have her heart set on a young boy instead of a famous chief and would elope with him?

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

7. What kind of shapes are in the belt that Lame Deer's grandmother made that is mentioned in Chapter 6 and what do these shapes represent?

8. Why does Lame Deer say that the pipe is like an open Bible to him and his people?

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

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

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