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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. In the beginning of Chapter 13, Lame Deer states that the first thing the white man usually asks about is what?
(a) The peace pipe.
(b) Green frog skin.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Buffalo skins.

2. According to Lame Deer, what was the name of the greatest of all the Sioux?
(a) Crazy Horse.
(b) Crazy Bull.
(c) Wild Horse.
(d) Sitting Bull.

3. What was the name of Lame Deer's other grandfather besides Crazy Heart?
(a) Planter of Water.
(b) Flying By.
(c) Did Not Butcher.
(d) Good Fox.

4. Lame Deer talks about the white man being afraid of natural odors and declares that soon the white man will breed people without what?
(a) Pores.
(b) Feet.
(c) Underarms.
(d) Body openings.

5. What is the word that the Sioux Indians use for the soul, spirit, or essence?
(a) Shehi.
(b) Hanblechia.
(c) Nagi.
(d) Heyoka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Sioux word means to bind or tie up?

2. In the first part of the book, Lame Deer describes a white soldier bellied down in a gully watching the women using his green frog skin to fire up what?

3. What does the word heyoka mean?

4. When the tree was cut down to prepare for the sun dance and the lower branches were cut off, what was used to cover the "wounds" on the tree?

5. What was the word that the Sioux tribe used for the stone god?

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