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

2. 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?
(a) Black and red.
(b) Yellow and green.
(c) Black and green.
(d) Red and yellow.

3. What does Lame Deer say the white man forgot to give Indians when they brought them whiskey?
(a) A woman to cry about.
(b) Green frog skin.
(c) The instruction book.
(d) A flask.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was on the blanket that Lame Deer's grandmother had made especially for the vision pit?

2. Crazy Horse never let a white man take what?

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

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. Lame Deer talks about an old white man that invited him and his friend into his cellar to drink and play cards. Lame Deer said that this bootlegger was so drunk he couldn't do what?

(see the answer key)

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