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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 the word heyoka mean?
(a) Horse.
(b) Clown.
(c) Rodeo.
(d) Bull.

2. What state did the Sioux church members have to get their peyote from?
(a) Texas.
(b) Nevada.
(c) California.
(d) Arizona.

3. 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?
(a) Walk a zig-zagged line.
(b) Breath any fresh air.
(c) Find his nose with both hands.
(d) Stand up to go to the bathroom.

4. What was the oldest and most solemn ceremony of the Sioux tribe?
(a) The sun dance.
(b) The steam bath.
(c) The inipi ceremony.
(d) The yuwipi ceremony.

5. 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 crow.
(b) An owl.
(c) A night hawk.
(d) A golden eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer told a reporter that he would like to plant a staff on the very top of Mount Rushmore to make it a sacred mountain again. What colors would be on the staff?

2. At the end of the yuwipi ceremony, dog meat was eaten. If someone ended up with the dog's head, what did that mean?

3. In the tale of the Stone Boy, when Stone Boy goes out to find his uncles he starts out in the morning and in the evening he smells what?

4. When Lame Deer was asked to pick a trade when he was in the reformatory, what did he choose?

5. What did Lame Deer mention was a problem for Indians and that it wouldn't get better?

(see the answer key)

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