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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. 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) A night hawk.
(c) A crow.
(d) An owl.

2. Lame Deer stated that the only place his tribe could hold their sun dance was where?
(a) In an abandoned warehouse.
(b) An open field behind their reservation.
(c) A front porch of one member of the tribe.
(d) The old fairgrounds.

3. When the holy man in the story of the ghost dance saw the beautiful land he saw a land that was dotted with what?
(a) Indian babies.
(b) Thunderbirds.
(c) Tipis.
(d) Buffalo.

4. When Lame Deer was asked to pick a trade when he was in the reformatory, what did he choose?
(a) Fence builder.
(b) Rodeo clown.
(c) Sign painting.
(d) Mechanic.

5. How many squares of flesh did Lame Deer's grandmother cut from her arm for him to have in the vision pit?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Forty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer mentions a special kind of deer called the taha topta sapa which had a black streak across what?

2. In the tale about the Stone Boy, what does the young girl swallow?

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?

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

5. What does the word inyan mean?

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