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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. 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?
(a) Buffalo chips.
(b) The bonfire for a dance.
(c) Fire wood.
(d) The latern for the tipi.

2. Lame Deer talks about a bird in the book that doesn't chirp. What did the white man call this type of bird?
(a) A golden eagle.
(b) An owl.
(c) A crow.
(d) A night hawk.

3. 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) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

4. According to Lame Deer, what was the name of the greatest of all the Sioux?
(a) Crazy Horse.
(b) Sitting Bull.
(c) Wild Horse.
(d) Crazy Bull.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer states that many white men think that the sun dance is an initiation of what?

2. What did the rectangles represent that had one line missing that are found on the belt that Lame Deer's grandmother made?

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

4. 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?

5. As a start to a yuwipi meeting what needed to be done with all the windows and doors?

(see the answer key)

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