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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9: The Circle and the Square; Talking to the Owls and Butterflies; Two in a Blanket; Medicine Good and Bad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the rectangles represent that had one line missing that are found on the belt that Lame Deer's grandmother made?
(a) Horses' tracks.
(b) Puffs of smoke off the pipe.
(c) Tipi houses.
(d) Open doors.

2. Lame Deer talks about one of the Sioux's greatest holy men whose name was Chips. How old was Chips' grandson, Godfrey, when the power was passed on to him?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Thirteen.

3. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Lame Deer mentions a pot with plenty of what inside?
(a) Dog meat.
(b) Herbs.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Water.

4. 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 paint Mount Rushmore in horrible colors.
(c) He said he wanted to put up a giant statue of Crazy Horse.
(d) He said he wanted to stop work on Mount Rushmore.

5. If a boy wasn't satisfied with just rubbing noses with a girl, he would ask an elk medicine man to make him what?
(a) A flute.
(b) A horse bridle.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) An ax.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many guns are there in the Museum of the American Indian in New York City that once belonged to famous Indian chiefs?

4. To protect their daughters from tipi-creepers, what would mothers tie around their daughter's waists?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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