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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Upside-Down, Forward-Backward, Icy-Hot Contrary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lame Deer tells a story about his uncle and how his horse's rope was pulled into a badger's hole. What did his uncle have to do with the rope?
(a) He and his horse had to pull on the rope together.
(b) He had to kill the badger.
(c) He had to shoot the rope in two.
(d) He had to use his knife to cut the rope.

2. Richard Erdoes tells Lame Deer that good art cannot be made with what?
(a) A tail feather.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A jackhammer.
(d) Piece of green frog skin.

3. During the yuwipi ceremony a man would lie face down and have his fingers laced together with what?
(a) Rawhide.
(b) Human hair.
(c) Twine.
(d) Horse hair.

4. What was the name of Lame Deer's other grandfather besides Crazy Heart?
(a) Did Not Butcher.
(b) Good Fox.
(c) Flying By.
(d) Planter of Water.

5. 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 garbage truck.
(c) A milk truck.
(d) A bike.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times was the door to the sweat house opened during the inipi ceremony?

2. One clown was called Heyoka Osni which means what?

3. Crazy Horse never let a white man take what?

4. In the beginning of the tale about the Stone Boy, a young girl had how many brothers?

5. The beginning of the ghost dance began with a sweat bath and the burning of what?

(see the answer key)

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