This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9: The Circle and the Square; Talking to the Owls and Butterflies; Two in a Blanket; Medicine Good and Bad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Indians name "holy dog"?
(a) The buffalo.
(b) The wolf.
(c) The bull.
(d) The horse.

2. What was the name of Lame Deer's other grandfather besides Crazy Heart?
(a) Did Not Butcher.
(b) Planter of Water.
(c) Flying By.
(d) Good Fox.

3. When Lame Deer was asked to pick a trade when he was in the reformatory, what did he choose?
(a) Sign painting.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Rodeo clown.
(d) Fence builder.

4. What was the reason that Indians drank according to Lame Deer?
(a) To remember.
(b) To hold on.
(c) To be more like the white man.
(d) To forget.

5. One way for young folks to get together was for the girl to stand outside her family's tipi with what?
(a) A bowl of stew.
(b) A buffalo skull.
(c) A big blanket.
(d) A peace pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer told a reporter that he would like to plant a staff on the very top of Mount Rushmore to make it a sacred mountain again. What colors would be on the staff?

2. What does the name wicasa wakan mean?

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

4. What does Lame Deer say is on the money, but is being killed by the money?

5. Lame Deer states in the beginning of Chapter 9 that if a conjurer or witch doctor is bad, he will do what?

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