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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a heyoka ceremony start with?
(a) A dance.
(b) Singing a chant.
(c) Smoking a pipe.
(d) A bath.

2. Lame Deer mentions that sometimes the tonwan or thunderbolt hits something. What does he describe it hitting?
(a) A human.
(b) A horse.
(c) A bull.
(d) A pig.

3. What was the name of Richard Erdoes' wife?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Jillian.
(c) Jean.
(d) Joan.

4. When Richard stopped his car during his first encounter with the American West, what animal did he hear the calls of?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Elk.
(c) Cows.
(d) Birds.

5. When Richard had some of his Indian friends visit him in New York, what left the Indians speechless?
(a) The hustle and bustle of New Yorkers.
(b) The Statue of Liberty.
(c) The skyscrapers.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

6. Lame Deer states that being a clown brought honor but also what?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Shame.
(c) Fame.
(d) Sadness.

7. Lame Deer tells of a convention that he went to and brought his pipe, which everyone smoked. How long had Lame Deer had this particular pipe?
(a) More than forty years.
(b) More than fifty years.
(c) More than thirty years.
(d) More than thirty five years.

8. When the White Buffalo walked away from the tribe, what was she doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Flying.
(c) Singing.
(d) Gliding.

9. When Lame Deer was describing the pipe in Blood Turned Into Stone, he states that the pipe is "us". Therefore, the stem of the pipe represented what?
(a) A body.
(b) A backbone.
(c) A leg.
(d) An arm.

10. Lame describes a time when a friend of his went to the rock quarry to pick out stone. The park ranger said he could take out a pound for how much?
(a) A dollar.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

11. What made the first sound that was heard on earth?
(a) The howling of the wind pipe.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) Thunder.
(d) The call of the thunderbird egg.

12. What saved a young beautiful woman from the immense flood?
(a) An eagle.
(b) The Great Spirit.
(c) A thunderbird.
(d) A buffalo.

13. What shoots out from the wakinyan's eyes?
(a) Fire.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Tears.
(d) Lightning.

14. How many sons did Richard Erdoes have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

15. One clown was called Heyoka Osni which means what?
(a) The fleeing feet.
(b) The happy cheerful.
(c) The cold fool.
(d) The sluggish man.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 15, Lame Deer states that he was going to tell a story that wouldn't be funny. The story was about what?

2. What was something that was very sacred, especially to Indians, that the clowns could give the Sioux people?

3. What was the color of the buckskin that Rabbit boy wore?

4. When the White Buffalo Woman was addressing the children of the tribe she told them to "remember this and grow up" and do what?

5. What was the great wakinyan of the west clothed in?

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