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

2. What does the word inipi mean?
(a) Wood bow.
(b) Dog stew.
(c) Sweat bath.
(d) Peace pipe.

3. What was the word that the Sioux tribe used for the stone god?
(a) Tunkan.
(b) Cheyne.
(c) Wagmuha.
(d) Mosaken.

4. When the earth was young, the Sioux Indians believe that the wakinyan ruled over what?
(a) The waters.
(b) The heavens.
(c) The land.
(d) The underworld.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When a clown was fooling around he was really performing what?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 11, Lame Deer describes a yuwipi ceremony. What does Lame Deer state roared in the darkness?

3. How many squares of flesh did Lame Deer's grandmother cut from her arm for him to have in the vision pit?

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

5. How many days did the ghost dance last?

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