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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. At the end of the yuwipi ceremony, dog meat was eaten. If someone ended up with the dog's head, what did that mean?
(a) You are doomed to darkness.
(b) It will bring good luck.
(c) You must pass on your power to your eldest son.
(d) The dog will watch over you from the clouds.

2. 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?
(a) Vermillion paint.
(b) Blessed water.
(c) A paste made of herbs and leaves.
(d) Buffalo's blood.

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

4. What was an owanka wakan?
(a) A sacred pipe cover.
(b) A sacred hollow tree.
(c) A sacred earth altar.
(d) A sacred water bridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the beginning of Chapter 8, Lame Deer tells a big secret that he just wants to whisper and doesn't dare say aloud. What is this secret?

3. One way for young folks to get together was for the girl to stand outside her family's tipi with what?

4. In the beginning of the tale about the Stone Boy, a young girl had how many brothers?

5. What is the name of the the spider-man in Sioux legend?

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