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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which entrance did the butterfly guard on the mountain where the wakinyan lived?
(a) The East.
(b) The North.
(c) The West.
(d) The South.

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

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

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

5. Richard states in the Epilogue of the book that one kind soul solved his problem of religion by taking him where?
(a) To an open field of wild flowers.
(b) To a rose garden.
(c) To a planetarium.
(d) To a Catholic cathedral.

6. 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) "Love the land."
(b) "Teach your children."
(c) "Live a good and strong life."
(d) "Be better than the past."

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

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

9. What was something that was very sacred, especially to Indians, that the clowns could give the Sioux people?
(a) Purity.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Peace.

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

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

12. 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?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A hoop.
(c) A rope.
(d) A net.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of Rabbit Boy, what came down to make the pieces of Rabbit Boy disappear?

2. What kind of work did Richard do in New York?

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

4. Who did Richard Erdoes claim was responsible for he and his pals attending "blood operas"?

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

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