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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 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?
(a) A old mare.
(b) A milk truck.
(c) A garbage truck.
(d) A bike.

2. How much did the Indian who had lost a leg in an industrial accident receive in insurance money?
(a) Fifteen thousand dollars.
(b) Twelve thousand dollars.
(c) Five thousand dollars.
(d) Ten thousand dollars.

3. In the beginning of the tale about the Stone Boy, a young girl had how many brothers?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. In the tale about the Stone Boy, what does the young girl swallow?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A horse.
(c) A boy.
(d) A stone.

5. Lame Deer states that their tribe's oldest lady had a face like what?
(a) The rock covered mountains.
(b) The Badlands.
(c) The wrinkled sheet.
(d) Rippled water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard Erdoes tells Lame Deer that good art cannot be made with what?

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"?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 8, Lame Deer tells a big secret that he just wants to whisper and doesn't dare say aloud. What is this secret?

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

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?

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