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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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 a hidden cave in the mountains.
(b) To their boats by the river.
(c) To an alter to pray.
(d) To the top of a high hill.

8. 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) Birds.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Indians.

9. Where did Richard Erdoes study art?
(a) Linz.
(b) Prague.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Salzburg.

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

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

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

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

14. After Richard fed the Indians at his New York apartment, one old man stayed at his apartment for how many months?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

15. What does the Lakota word, wakinyan mean?
(a) Horses.
(b) Fox.
(c) Thunderbirds.
(d) Buffalo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer states that all the Sioux sweat lodges faced what direction?

2. How many people smoked Lame Deer's pipe that he brought to the convention mentioned in Blood Turned Into Stone?

3. What was Rabbit Boy's buckskin decorated with?

4. When the White Buffalo Woman entered the tipi with the old men of the tribe, what was the only thing they could offer her?

5. Where did Richard's first encounter with the American West take place?

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