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

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

3. 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) Six or seven.
(c) Eight or nine.
(d) Five or six.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

4. What did Lame Deer mention was a problem for Indians and that it wouldn't get better?

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

(see the answer key)

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