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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. What does the name wicasa wakan mean?
(a) Medicine man.
(b) Conjurer.
(c) Witch doctor.
(d) Holy man.

2. Lame Deer talks about one of the Sioux's greatest holy men whose name was Chips. How old was Chips' grandson, Godfrey, when the power was passed on to him?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Twenty.

3. In the process of building a sweat house, how many white willow trees needed to be cut?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

4. Which direction did the sweat lodge face?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) North.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the the heyoka do when he ran up on the bucket of boiling water?

2. How much did the Indian who had lost a leg in an industrial accident receive in insurance money?

3. What is the word for clown in the Lakota language?

4. What was the name for men who dressed like women?

5. Lame Deer stated that the only place his tribe could hold their sun dance was where?

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