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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. What animal does Lame Deer mention in Chapter 7 that is much like an Indian because it's unchangeable?
2. Lame Deer told a reporter that he would like to plant a staff on the very top of Mount Rushmore to make it a sacred mountain again. What colors would be on the staff?
3. In the tale of the Stone Boy, how many days was the young girl pregnant before she gave birth to a boy?
4. In Chapter 7, Pete Catches talks about his sister eating what animal's heart?
5. What church was Lame Deer a member of for five years?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lame Deer say that Indian children are never alone?
2. Most of the time, how does a person become a medicine man?
3. What would the mothers of daughters afraid of tipi-creepers do to create a "No Trespassing" sign on their daughter and what would the mothers do if they found there had been a tipi-creeper?
4. Describe the first white man that Lame Deer ever met.
5. After the Indians smoke for the fourth and last time in the sweat house, what do they say and how do they exit?
6. Describe the situation described in Chapter 13 when white students gave an old chief a bottle of little pills.
7. What does the lizard and turtle stand for in the Sioux culture and what were they believed to protect a baby from?
8. Many medicine men get their power from a particular animal. Describe some of the powers and attributes that an elk master or medicine man would have.
9. How does Lame Deer describe the white man's way of war?
10. In the beginning of Chapter 10, what does Lame Deer mention is the Indian's first rite and always comes before any other ritual?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Lame Deer. Explain Lame Deer's characteristics and ideals. What is important to Lame Deer? In what ways do you agree with Lame Deer's views that are mentioned in the book? Are there any particular ideas that you don't agree with that that Lame Deer brings up in the book? If so, what are they and why do you disagree?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Lame Deer's experience in the vision pit that is mentioned in the beginning of the book. How did this experience transform him from a boy to a man? Use specific information from the book to support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Lame Deer state that one word like medicine man cannot describe what an actual medicine man is in the Sioux culture? How complex is being a medicine man and why? What different names and definitions does Lame Deer give for the Sioux "medicine men"?
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