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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word for clown in the Lakota language?
(a) Sintkala.
(b) Noni.
(c) Heyoka.
(d) Witko.

2. What is the name of the the spider-man in Sioux legend?
(a) Wakan.
(b) Mawani.
(c) Gougla.
(d) Iktome.

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

4. 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 Atlantic Ocean.
(d) The skyscrapers.

5. Richard's grandfather taught him to stay away from what?
(a) Ham.
(b) Bridges.
(c) Dirt.
(d) The Nazis.

6. Winnetou's sidekick was a German what?
(a) Horse rancher.
(b) Trapper.
(c) Goldsmith.
(d) Gunslinger.

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

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

9. What did the the heyoka do when he ran up on the bucket of boiling water?
(a) Plunged his bare arm into the water.
(b) Threw the water into the air.
(c) Spilled the water into a cold river.
(d) Poured the water over his head.

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

11. The second thunderbird who was red, has wings with how many joints?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

12. What did the smoke rising from the pipe represent?
(a) Breath.
(b) The lungs.
(c) Fog.
(d) The eyes.

13. The substitute dancers that helped the heyokas put grass in what two places?
(a) Their belts and hair.
(b) Their belts and shoes.
(c) Their hair and shoes.
(d) Their shoes and ears.

14. 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 fifty years.
(b) More than thirty five years.
(c) More than forty years.
(d) More than thirty years.

15. 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?
(a) Clowns.
(b) Indians.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the large pool of blood turn into?

2. When Richard stopped his car during his first encounter with the American West, what animal did he hear the calls of?

3. What was the name of Richard Erdoes' wife?

4. When Richard fed about sixty Indians in his New York apartment in 1967, how many of those Indians had come to participate in a peace march with Martin Luther King?

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

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