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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. What does the word hanhepiwi mean?
(a) Heavens.
(b) Stars.
(c) Sun.
(d) Moon.

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

3. How many squares of flesh did Lame Deer's grandmother cut from her arm for him to have in the vision pit?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty.

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

5. What did Lame Deer know he needed to do after he saw his grandfather with blood dripping from his chest?
(a) He needed to tell his family about the horrible truths of the white man.
(b) He needed to take his grandfather's name.
(c) He needed to seek revenge on the white man.
(d) He needed to be a medicine man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer talks about a bird in the book that doesn't chirp. What did the white man call this type of bird?

2. Richard Erdoes tells Lame Deer that good art cannot be made with what?

3. 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?

4. What was the name of Lame Deer's other grandfather besides Crazy Heart?

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

(see the answer key)

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