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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. What does the Sioux word wincincalas mean?
3. How many horses did Lame Deer's father have?
4. What Sioux word means to bind or tie up?
5. How many times was the door to the sweat house opened during the inipi ceremony?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the situation described in Chapter 13 when white students gave an old chief a bottle of little pills.
2. 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?
3. How many buffalo skulls were needed in the old days of the sun dance and what were they needed for?
4. How does Lame Deer describe the white man's way of war?
5. Why does Lame Deer say that Indian children are never alone?
6. Why was the trial that Lame Deer was involved in considered to be one big confusion?
7. Describe how Lame Deer's great-grandfather was killed by mistake.
8. What did the old Indian in The Green Frog Skin mean when he said, "now they own the air, too."?
9. In the beginning of Chapter 10, what does Lame Deer mention is the Indian's first rite and always comes before any other ritual?
10. Describe what happened when Indian police surrounded Sitting Bull's cabin.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What importance was having an epilogue in the book? What insight does this epilogue provide into Lame Deer's life and into Richard Erdoes' life? How does the epilogue benefit the reader?
Essay Topic 2
In the book, Lame Deer mentions that he left the discussion about the peace pipe until the end of the book because it is the most important subject. Describe why the pipe is such an important symbol and thing in the Sioux Indian culture. Use specific information from the book to support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Describe how Lame Deer's ancestors and immediate family influenced him in his life and made him into the person he was.
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