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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9: The Circle and the Square; Talking to the Owls and Butterflies; Two in a Blanket; Medicine Good and Bad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the rectangles represent that had one line missing that are found on the belt that Lame Deer's grandmother made?
(a) Open doors.
(b) Puffs of smoke off the pipe.
(c) Tipi houses.
(d) Horses' tracks.

2. Korczak Ziolkowski told Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes that his Crazy Horse monument would dwarf what?
(a) The tallest buildings in New York.
(b) The pyramids of Egypt.
(c) Mount Rushmore.
(d) The white man.

3. What did Lame Deer know he needed to do after he saw his grandfather with blood dripping from his chest?
(a) He needed to be a medicine man.
(b) He needed to take his grandfather's name.
(c) He needed to seek revenge on the white man.
(d) He needed to tell his family about the horrible truths of the white man.

4. What does Lame Deer say is the name of a man who "uses the power of the rawhide and the stones to find and to cure"?
(a) Waanazin.
(b) Waayatan.
(c) Yuwipi.
(d) Wapiya.

5. What does Lame Deer say the white man has changed it's women into?
(a) Hunters.
(b) Housewives.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the steam represent that is coming out of the pot mentioned in the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. Lame Deer tells a story about his uncle and how his horse's rope was pulled into a badger's hole. What did his uncle have to do with the rope?

3. How many guns are there in the Museum of the American Indian in New York City that once belonged to famous Indian chiefs?

4. How many horses did Lame Deer's father have?

5. What did Lame Deer mention was a problem for Indians and that it wouldn't get better?

(see the answer key)

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