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

2. How many guns are there in the Museum of the American Indian in New York City that once belonged to famous Indian chiefs?
(a) Six or seven.
(b) Five or six.
(c) Four or five.
(d) Eight or nine.

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?
(a) That the Sioux tribe doesn't exist anymore.
(b) That he has seen a thunderbird up close.
(c) That he once believed himself to be a great Sioux warrior.
(d) That the Sioux are extremely bashful.

4. What does Lame Deer say the white man has changed it's women into?
(a) Housewives.
(b) Workers.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Slaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many horses did Lame Deer's father have?

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

4. What animal does Lame Deer mention in Chapter 7 that is much like an Indian because it's unchangeable?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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