This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-14: Inipi-Grandfather's Breath; Yuwipi-Little Lights from Nowhere; Looking at the Sun, They Dance; Don't Hurt the Trees; Roll Up the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Lame Deer talks about a young Navajo boy and girl in their apartment in their city. What color of blanket did he put over this young couple?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

2. What does Lame Deer say is the name of a man who "uses the power of the rawhide and the stones to find and to cure"?
(a) Waayatan.
(b) Wapiya.
(c) Waanazin.
(d) Yuwipi.

3. In the tale of the Stone Boy, how many days was the young girl pregnant before she gave birth to a boy?
(a) Three thousand.
(b) Four hundred.
(c) Four.
(d) Thirty.

4. What church was Lame Deer a member of for five years?
(a) The Native American Church.
(b) First Indian American Church.
(c) The Church of the American Indian.
(d) Eastern Community Church.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 13, Lame Deer states that the first thing the white man usually asks about is what?
(a) The peace pipe.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Green frog skin.
(d) Buffalo skins.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first part of the book, Lame Deer describes a white soldier bellied down in a gully watching the women using his green frog skin to fire up what?

2. How many days did the ghost dance last?

3. Crazy Horse never let a white man take what?

4. What does the name wicasa wakan mean?

5. In the process of building a sweat house, how many white willow trees needed to be cut?

(see the answer key)

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