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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blood Turned Into Stone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the yuwipi ceremony a man would lie face down and have his fingers laced together with what?
(a) Horse hair.
(b) Rawhide.
(c) Human hair.
(d) Twine.

2. Lame Deer talks about one of the Sioux's greatest holy men whose name was Chips. How old was Chips' grandson, Godfrey, when the power was passed on to him?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twenty.

3. In the beginning of the tale about the Stone Boy, a young girl had how many brothers?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

5. What does the name of the pipe, Ptehincala Huhu Canunpa mean?
(a) Buffalo Calf Bone Pipe.
(b) Buffalo Woman Pipe.
(c) White Buffalo Woman Pipe.
(d) Buffalo Bone Pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the oldest and most solemn ceremony of the Sioux tribe?

2. The beginning of the ghost dance began with a sweat bath and the burning of what?

3. When the White Buffalo Woman entered the tipi with the old men of the tribe, what was the only thing they could offer her?

4. At the end of the yuwipi ceremony, dog meat was eaten. If someone ended up with the dog's head, what did that mean?

5. What was an owanka wakan?

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