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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5: Alone on the Hilltip; That Gun in the New York Museum Belongs to Me; The Green Frog Skin; Getting Drunk, Going to Jail; Sitting on Top of Teddy Roosevelt's Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many horses did Lame Deer's father have?
(a) Over two hundred and fifty.
(b) Over two hundred.
(c) Over three hundred.
(d) Over three hundred and fifty.

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

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

4. Crazy Horse never let a white man take what?
(a) His pipe.
(b) His picture.
(c) His freedom.
(d) His bow and arrow.

5. How old was Lame Deer when his mother died?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lame Deer know he needed to do after he saw his grandfather with blood dripping from his chest?

2. How many squares of flesh did Lame Deer's grandmother cut from her arm for him to have in the vision pit?

3. At the Custer battle, who had green paper in their pockets?

4. What was the name of Lame Deer's (the great-grandfather) second chief that was shot by soldiers?

5. What does the word hanhepiwi mean?

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