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

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

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

4. What was the name of the old medicine man that brought Lame Deer to the vision pit on the hilltop?
(a) Fall.
(b) Red Rock.
(c) Healy.
(d) Chest.

5. How many guns are there in the Museum of the American Indian in New York City that once belonged to famous Indian chiefs?
(a) Eight or nine.
(b) Six or seven.
(c) Four or five.
(d) Five or six.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

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

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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