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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 did Ziolkowski say he wanted to do for the Indians?
(a) He said that he wanted to dedicate his work to Lame Deer.
(b) He said he wanted to stop work on Mount Rushmore.
(c) He said he wanted to put up a giant statue of Crazy Horse.
(d) He said he wanted to paint Mount Rushmore in horrible colors.

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

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

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

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) Four or five.
(b) Eight or nine.
(c) Five or six.
(d) Six or seven.

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

3. What was the reason that Indians drank according to Lame Deer?

4. What does Lame Deer say the white man forgot to give Indians when they brought them whiskey?

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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