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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What church was Lame Deer a member of for five years?
(a) First Indian American Church.
(b) The Native American Church.
(c) The Church of the American Indian.
(d) Eastern Community Church.

2. Lame Deer talks about a bird in the book that doesn't chirp. What did the white man call this type of bird?
(a) An owl.
(b) A night hawk.
(c) A golden eagle.
(d) A crow.

3. In the beginning of the tale about the Stone Boy, a young girl had how many brothers?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. In Chapter 12, Lame Deer talks about one thing that made him sad, that the town of Winner was surrounded on all sides by what?
(a) Boundry lines.
(b) Gates and locks.
(c) White cattle ranchers.
(d) Fences.

5. Crazy Horse never let a white man take what?
(a) His bow and arrow.
(b) His picture.
(c) His freedom.
(d) His pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the process of building a sweat house, how many white willow trees needed to be cut?

2. When the holy man came back to earth in the story of the ghost dance, he began to teach the people a dance. How many songs did he have?

3. Lame Deer states that many white men think that the sun dance is an initiation of what?

4. In the tale about the Stone Boy, what does the young girl swallow?

5. What did Lame Deer mention was a problem for Indians and that it wouldn't get better?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of room would serve as a good room for a yuwipi meeting?

2. Describe the first white man that Lame Deer ever met.

3. Many medicine men get their power from a particular animal. Describe some of the powers and attributes that an elk master or medicine man would have.

4. In Chapter 14, the legend of the ghost dance is mentioned. A Ute holy man was taken to heaven and brought back five songs. What did this songs do?

5. When Lame Deer was put on trial, how much was he paid per day?

6. Describe some of the things that Indians endured during the sun dance.

7. Why does Lame Deer say that the pipe is like an open Bible to him and his people?

8. How does Godfrey Chips describe Crazy Horse?

9. What does Lame Deer say the white man's symbol is and why?

10. How many buffalo skulls were needed in the old days of the sun dance and what were they needed for?

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