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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 is the word that the Sioux Indians use for the soul, spirit, or essence?
(a) Hanblechia.
(b) Shehi.
(c) Heyoka.
(d) Nagi.

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

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

4. What does the word heyoka mean?
(a) Bull.
(b) Rodeo.
(c) Horse.
(d) Clown.

5. In the first part of the book, Lame Deer describes a white soldier bellied down in a gully watching the women using his green frog skin to fire up what?
(a) Buffalo chips.
(b) The bonfire for a dance.
(c) Fire wood.
(d) The latern for the tipi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. When Lame Deer was asked to pick a trade when he was in the reformatory, what did he choose?

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

5. How much did the Indian who had lost a leg in an industrial accident receive in insurance money?

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