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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 animal does Lame Deer mention in Chapter 7 that is much like an Indian because it's unchangeable?
(a) A bear.
(b) A buffalo.
(c) A cat.
(d) A wolf.

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

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

4. In Chapter 7, Pete Catches talks about his sister eating what animal's heart?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Dove.
(d) Buffalo.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the word that the Sioux Indians use for the soul, spirit, or essence?

3. One way for young folks to get together was for the girl to stand outside her family's tipi with what?

4. What was the name of the old medicine man that brought Lame Deer to the vision pit on the hilltop?

5. What was the name of Lame Deer's (the great-grandfather) second chief that was shot by soldiers?

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