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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the large pool of blood turn into?
(a) Red pipestone.
(b) A sacred statue.
(c) A human.
(d) A thunderbird.

2. What is the oldest dance along with the sun dance in the Sioux culture?
(a) The "Water Comes" dance.
(b) The "Into the Sky" dance.
(c) The "Around the Bucket" dance.
(d) The "Sing to the Rain" dance.

3. Lame Deer states that the egg from which all the thunderbirds are hatched is bigger than what?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) A mountain.
(c) New York City.
(d) A mountain lake.

4. In the story of Rabbit Boy, what came down to make the pieces of Rabbit Boy disappear?
(a) Rain.
(b) A giant thunderbird.
(c) Hail.
(d) A cloud.

5. What did the name of the Itazipcho tribe mean?
(a) With Spirit.
(b) With Honor.
(c) Without Bows.
(d) Without Guns.

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

7. 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.

8. 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 rock.
(b) A lillypad.
(c) A patch of grass.
(d) A log.

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

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) Five dollars.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) A dollar.

11. Richard Erdoes' father died how many weeks before he was born?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

12. The birds that Richard spent time with ate raw hamburger out of his hand along with fragments of what?
(a) Bird seed.
(b) His own finger tips.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Ham.

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

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

15. Lame Deer states that those who saw the unktegila went blind for how many days?
(a) Twety.
(b) One.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lame Deer state that too many of the Sioux Indian things wind up?

2. In the story of Rabbit Boy, there is a boy who states that he has power over Rabbit Boy and that he is going to throw what over him?

3. What did Richard keep doing all the way back to their campsite after his first experience with the American West?

4. When Richard was arrested by a brutish-looking policeman who took him to a park, the policeman gave him enough money for a third-class ticket to where?

5. Lame Deer states that being a clown brought honor but also what?

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