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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. In the beginning of Chapter 11, Lame Deer describes a yuwipi ceremony. What does Lame Deer state roared in the darkness?
2. What does the word inyan mean?
3. One way for young folks to get together was for the girl to stand outside her family's tipi with what?
4. Lame Deer states that most the time a person became a medicine man through what?
5. How many horses did Lame Deer's father have?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lame Deer say that Indian children are never alone?
2. What does Lame Deer say the white man's symbol is and why?
3. In Chapter 14, the legend of the ghost dance is mentioned. A Ute holy man was taken to heaven and brought back five songs. What did this songs do?
4. Who was Leonard Crow Dog?
5. How many buffalo skulls were needed in the old days of the sun dance and what were they needed for?
6. What did the old Indian in The Green Frog Skin mean when he said, "now they own the air, too."?
7. How does Lame Deer describe the white man's way of war?
8. What are some of the meanings of the word yuwipi that Lame Deer mentions in the book?
9. How did Lame Deer end up with a bum shoulder?
10. After the Indians smoke for the fourth and last time in the sweat house, what do they say and how do they exit?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe how Lame Deer's ancestors and immediate family influenced him in his life and made him into the person he was.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 16, Blood Turned into Stone, Lame Deer tells the story of the White Buffalo Woman. When the White Buffalo Woman met the two hunters that were scouting for buffalo, one of the hunters tried to seize her and he was destroyed. Lame Deer states that desire had killed that hunter. He goes on to say that there have been many to die because of desire and "if this earth should ever be destroyed, it will be by desire." What does Lame Deer mean by this statement? How does this statement relate to the book? Use specific examples from the book to support your thoughts.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Lame Deer state that one word like medicine man cannot describe what an actual medicine man is in the Sioux culture? How complex is being a medicine man and why? What different names and definitions does Lame Deer give for the Sioux "medicine men"?
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