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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 was describing the pipe in Blood Turned Into Stone, he states that the pipe is "us". Therefore, the stem of the pipe represented what?

2. Lame Deer described the prayer he usually said when he was crying for a vision. He asked the Great Spirit to pity him so that what may occur?

3. How many people smoked Lame Deer's pipe that he brought to the convention mentioned in Blood Turned Into Stone?

4. When the earth was young, the Sioux Indians believe that the wakinyan ruled over what?

5. The bowl of the pipe represented what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Because of Iktome, the spider man, what did the villagers do to Rabbit Boy?

2. How does Richard Erdoes describe the prairie of South Dakota?

3. What is the story that Lame Deer tells about the heyoka turtle and the heyoka frog?

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

5. How did each day end for Richard Erdoes when he lived with his aunt who was a Mohammedan girl from Sarajevo?

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

7. Where are the places set aside for surviving buffalo herds, and what does Lame Deer state the buffalo would say if they could speak?

8. What does the great wakinyan or thunderbird of the west look like?

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

10. Describe the place where the wakinyan live.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the book, Lame Deer mentions that sometimes parents wanted their daughters to marry a famous chief but sometimes their daughter had her heart set on someone else. Sometimes the daughters would elope. Why do you think the tribe and parents approved of this union after the couple returned from their elopement? Why wasn't the arranged marriage forced by the parents and tribe? How did this help unity of families and the tribe as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

Describe one of your favorite Indian ceremonies, rituals, or legends that you read about in the book. Why was this your favorite and what things intrigued you about this particular ceremony, ritual, or legend?

Essay Topic 3

According to Lame Deer, what are the evils that come from the "green frog skin"? Do you agree with Lame Deer's view on money? Why or why not? What other evils did the white man bring to the Indian culture? Use specific examples from the book to support your ideas.

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