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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Winnetou never killed his enemies but stunned them with what?
(a) The butt of his rifle.
(b) His powerful rope.
(c) A horseshoe.
(d) A blow from his fists.

2. At the beginning of Blood Turned Into Stone, Lame Deer talks about the people who inhabited this land a long time ago trying to save themselves from an immense flood by going where?
(a) To an alter to pray.
(b) To their boats by the river.
(c) To a hidden cave in the mountains.
(d) To the top of a high hill.

3. If a person would swear by the sacred pipe then they could not do what?
(a) Speak.
(b) Go back on their word.
(c) Lie.
(d) Tell the truth.

4. The White Buffalo Woman wore a dress made of what?
(a) White silk.
(b) White feathers.
(c) White buckskin.
(d) White quills.

5. What was an owanka wakan?
(a) A sacred water bridge.
(b) A sacred earth altar.
(c) A sacred pipe cover.
(d) A sacred hollow tree.

6. What was Rabbit Boy's buckskin decorated with?
(a) Eagle feathers.
(b) Buffalo skin.
(c) Horse teeth.
(d) Porcupine quills.

7. When the White Buffalo Woman entered the tipi with the old men of the tribe, what was the only thing they could offer her?
(a) Dog meat.
(b) Buffalo hide.
(c) Water.
(d) Deer meat.

8. When Lame Deer received the chance to hold the Ptehincala Huhu Canunpa, what colors of flannel was it wrapped in?
(a) Yellow and blue.
(b) Blue and red.
(c) Yellow and green.
(d) Red and green.

9. Lame Deer states that all the Sioux sweat lodges faced what direction?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.

10. Richard's Catholic aunt in Austria went to early Mass each morning at what time?
(a) 6 A.M.
(b) 8 A.M.
(c) 7 A.M.
(d) 5 A.M.

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

12. What animal guarded the west entrance to the mountain where the wakinyan lived?
(a) A buffalo.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A deer.
(d) A bear.

13. When the White Buffalo Woman was addressing the children of the tribe she told them to "remember this and grow up" and do what?
(a) "Teach your children."
(b) "Love the land."
(c) "Be better than the past."
(d) "Live a good and strong life."

14. Lame Deer tells the story of the heyoka turtle and the heyoka frog in Chapter 16. At the beginning of the story, what were they sitting on?
(a) A patch of grass.
(b) A lillypad.
(c) A log.
(d) A rock.

15. What kind of work did Richard do in New York?
(a) He was a graphic designer.
(b) He was an architect.
(c) He was a painter.
(d) He was an illustrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Richard's aunt from Austria claim all her fleas liked him better?

2. Lame Deer states that those who saw the unktegila went blind for how many days?

3. Lame Deer describes the heyokas as having rattles made from rows of what?

4. Richard states in the Epilogue of the book that one kind soul solved his problem of religion by taking him where?

5. The birds that Richard spent time with ate raw hamburger out of his hand along with fragments of what?

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