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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-14: Inipi-Grandfather's Breath; Yuwipi-Little Lights from Nowhere; Looking at the Sun, They Dance; Don't Hurt the Trees; Roll Up the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the holy man in the story of the ghost dance saw the beautiful land he saw a land that was dotted with what?
(a) Thunderbirds.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Tipis.
(d) Indian babies.

2. Lame Deer talks about a bird in the book that doesn't chirp. What did the white man call this type of bird?
(a) A night hawk.
(b) A crow.
(c) A golden eagle.
(d) An owl.

3. How many times was the door to the sweat house opened during the inipi ceremony?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

4. Lame Deer stated that the only place his tribe could hold their sun dance was where?
(a) An open field behind their reservation.
(b) In an abandoned warehouse.
(c) A front porch of one member of the tribe.
(d) The old fairgrounds.

5. What was on the blanket that Lame Deer's grandmother had made especially for the vision pit?
(a) A circle.
(b) A buffalo.
(c) A thunderbird.
(d) A star.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer mentions a special kind of deer called the taha topta sapa which had a black streak across what?

2. What did the girls often do when the time of parting had come for them and someone they love?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 13, Lame Deer mentions that one of his tribe's troubles is that they can't do what?

4. How much did the Indian who had lost a leg in an industrial accident receive in insurance money?

5. Which tribe did the ghost dance start in?

(see the answer key)

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