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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. When the tree was cut down to prepare for the sun dance and the lower branches were cut off, what was used to cover the "wounds" on the tree?
(a) A paste made of herbs and leaves.
(b) Blessed water.
(c) Vermillion paint.
(d) Buffalo's blood.

2. What church was Lame Deer a member of for five years?
(a) The Church of the American Indian.
(b) First Indian American Church.
(c) The Native American Church.
(d) Eastern Community Church.

3. The beginning of the ghost dance began with a sweat bath and the burning of what?
(a) Sweetgrass.
(b) Oil.
(c) Old wood from a sacred tree.
(d) Dead animals.

4. 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?
(a) Red and yellow.
(b) Black and red.
(c) Yellow and green.
(d) Black and green.

5. What animal was most likely to appear in a vision that a medicine man had?
(a) A buffalo.
(b) A bear.
(c) A deer.
(d) An eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer talks about the white man being afraid of natural odors and declares that soon the white man will breed people without what?

2. How many guns are there in the Museum of the American Indian in New York City that once belonged to famous Indian chiefs?

3. What does the word inyan mean?

4. What did the girls often do when the time of parting had come for them and someone they love?

5. How old was Lame Deer when his mother died?

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