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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. When Lame Deer talks about a clown going to the store, the clown discovers a can that has a picture of what on it?

2. The substitute dancers that helped the heyokas put grass in what two places?

3. In order for a person to have listened to the story of Much-Blood-Man a person ought to have fasted for how many days?

4. In what year was Richard sent to do a story on an old mining railroad?

5. The White Buffalo Woman wore a dress made of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richard Erdoes say he did as a child when he would attend a "blood opera" with his pals?

2. What does Lame Deer state the old people used to say about damage caused by lightning?

3. According to legend, where did the Sioux nation come from?

4. According to Sioux legend, where did the blood-red rock found in the southwest corner of Minnesota come from?

5. What did the substitute dancers in a heyoka ceremony wear?

6. What happened when Richard Erdoes was attending a yuwipi meeting and he asked to take photographs?

7. Why would it make a sick person happy to hear a heyoka tell them that they are going to die?

8. Describe how the thunder-beings eventually turned into wakinyan or thunderbirds.

9. What did Richard Erdoes see when he rushed to the window and looked outside on his first day in New York City?

10. How does Lame Deer liken the sacred pipe to a Sioux person?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the sun dance. Why would this ritual be considered harsh in the white man's world? What were you feelings about this ritual when you read about it? After reading Lame Deer's explanation of the sun dance, would you still consider it to be harsh? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In the beginning of Chapter 6, The Circle and the Square, Lame Deer mentions a belt that his grandmother made that has symbols on it; telling a story. What story do these symbols tell and what symbols are used for the story? Describe what symbols mean to the Sioux culture.

Essay Topic 3

What new things did you learn from this book about Indian culture? What things surprised you or enlightened you about the Sioux way of life? Use specific information to support your answers.

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