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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. In the tale of the Stone Boy, when Stone Boy goes out to find his uncles he starts out in the morning and in the evening he smells what?
(a) Buffalo breath.
(b) Sweet rose petals.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Crisp running water.

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

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

4. What is the word that the Sioux Indians use for the soul, spirit, or essence?
(a) Nagi.
(b) Shehi.
(c) Heyoka.
(d) Hanblechia.

5. How many times was the door to the sweat house opened during the inipi ceremony?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lame Deer tells a story about his uncle and how his horse's rope was pulled into a badger's hole. What did his uncle have to do with the rope?

3. What does Lame Deer say is the main thing in marriage?

4. In the book, Lame Deer talks about horses in a rodeo and how the riders knew how the horses were going to buck. He says that it's not like riding a horse any more, it's like driving what?

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

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