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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Upside-Down, Forward-Backward, Icy-Hot Contrary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard Erdoes tells Lame Deer that good art cannot be made with what?
(a) A tail feather.
(b) A jackhammer.
(c) Piece of green frog skin.
(d) A mountain.

2. Lame Deer tells the story of the heyoka turtle and the heyoka frog in Chapter 16. At the beginning of the story, what were they sitting on?
(a) A lillypad.
(b) A patch of grass.
(c) A rock.
(d) A log.

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

4. In the tale of the Stone Boy, how many days was the young girl pregnant before she gave birth to a boy?
(a) Four.
(b) Four hundred.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Three thousand.

5. What does Lame Deer say is on the money, but is being killed by the money?
(a) The open land.
(b) The bald eagle.
(c) The soldiers.
(d) The President of the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the the heyoka do when he ran up on the bucket of boiling water?

2. What was something that was very sacred, especially to Indians, that the clowns could give the Sioux people?

3. What did the Indians name "holy dog"?

4. What is the word for clown in the Lakota language?

5. How old was Lame Deer when his mother died?

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