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Richard Erdoes
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Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Richard Erdoes
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which direction did the sweat lodge face?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

2. Lame Deer states that their tribe's oldest lady had a face like what?
(a) Rippled water.
(b) The wrinkled sheet.
(c) The Badlands.
(d) The rock covered mountains.

3. What does the name wicasa wakan mean?
(a) Medicine man.
(b) Witch doctor.
(c) Conjurer.
(d) Holy man.

4. Where does Lame Deer say the white man goes to to escape bad weather?
(a) Las Angeles.
(b) Miami.
(c) Orlando.
(d) San Diego.

5. To get ready for a yuwipi meeting, what did the floor need to be covered with?
(a) Sagebrush.
(b) Dung.
(c) Buffalo hides.
(d) Feathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Lame Deer's other grandfather besides Crazy Heart?

2. What does Lame Deer say the white man forgot to give Indians when they brought them whiskey?

3. To protect their daughters from tipi-creepers, what would mothers tie around their daughter's waists?

4. How many days did the ghost dance last?

5. What was the name of the old medicine man that brought Lame Deer to the vision pit on the hilltop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Lame Deer's great-grandfather was killed by mistake.

2. When a medicine man, or wicasa wakan, is old and nearing the end of his life, who does he try to pass on his vision and knowledge to and what happens if that doesn't work?

3. What are some of the meanings of the word yuwipi that Lame Deer mentions in the book?

4. What did the old Indian in The Green Frog Skin mean when he said, "now they own the air, too."?

5. How did Lame Deer end up with a bum shoulder?

6. When Lame Deer was put on trial, how much was he paid per day?

7. Describe some of the things that Indians endured during the sun dance.

8. Describe the situation described in Chapter 13 when white students gave an old chief a bottle of little pills.

9. What would happen in a Sioux tribe when a young girl would have her heart set on a young boy instead of a famous chief and would elope with him?

10. Describe how Lame Deer sees the old cooking pot in Chapter 6.

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