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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. As a start to a yuwipi meeting what needed to be done with all the windows and doors?
(a) They needed to be covered with blankets.
(b) The needed to be opened.
(c) They needed to be painted.
(d) They needed to be purified.

2. How much did the Indian who had lost a leg in an industrial accident receive in insurance money?
(a) Fifteen thousand dollars.
(b) Twelve thousand dollars.
(c) Five thousand dollars.
(d) Ten thousand dollars.

3. If a boy wasn't satisfied with just rubbing noses with a girl, he would ask an elk medicine man to make him what?
(a) An ax.
(b) A horse bridle.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) A flute.

4. What was the name of Lame Deer's (the great-grandfather) second chief that was shot by soldiers?
(a) Morning Sun.
(b) Screaming Eagle.
(c) Rod Iron.
(d) Iron Star.

5. How many guns are there in the Museum of the American Indian in New York City that once belonged to famous Indian chiefs?
(a) Eight or nine.
(b) Four or five.
(c) Five or six.
(d) Six or seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Pete Catches talks about his sister eating what animal's heart?

2. Lame Deer states that the egg from which all the thunderbirds are hatched is bigger than what?

3. What does the Lakota word, wakinyan mean?

4. How many times was the door to the sweat house opened during the inipi ceremony?

5. 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?

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