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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. 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) Waanazin.
(c) Yuwipi.
(d) Wapiya.

2. In the process of building a sweat house, how many white willow trees needed to be cut?
(a) Five.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twelve.

3. Lame Deer states in the beginning of Chapter 9 that if a conjurer or witch doctor is bad, he will do what?
(a) Put an evil spirit into a person.
(b) Kill an animal and blame it on someone else.
(c) Cause hatred in the tribe.
(d) Put a sickness into you that only he can cure and then cure you for a price.

4. 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) Fourteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirteen.

5. At the end of the yuwipi ceremony, dog meat was eaten. If someone ended up with the dog's head, what did that mean?
(a) You must pass on your power to your eldest son.
(b) The dog will watch over you from the clouds.
(c) It will bring good luck.
(d) You are doomed to darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. To get ready for a yuwipi meeting, what did the floor need to be covered with?

2. What does the word inyan mean?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 11, Lame Deer describes a yuwipi ceremony. What does Lame Deer state roared in the darkness?

4. How much did the Indian who had lost a leg in an industrial accident receive in insurance money?

5. In the book, Lame Deer talks about horses in a rodeo and how the riders knew how the horses were going to buck. He says that it's not like riding a horse any more, it's like driving what?

(see the answer key)

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