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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. If a boy wasn't satisfied with just rubbing noses with a girl, he would ask an elk medicine man to make him what?
(a) A bow and arrow.
(b) A horse bridle.
(c) A flute.
(d) An ax.

2. Lame Deer talks about an old white man that invited him and his friend into his cellar to drink and play cards. Lame Deer said that this bootlegger was so drunk he couldn't do what?
(a) Walk a zig-zagged line.
(b) Breath any fresh air.
(c) Find his nose with both hands.
(d) Stand up to go to the bathroom.

3. In the process of building a sweat house, how many white willow trees needed to be cut?
(a) Five.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 13, Lame Deer states that the first thing the white man usually asks about is what?
(a) The peace pipe.
(b) Green frog skin.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Buffalo skins.

5. How many squares of flesh did Lame Deer's grandmother cut from her arm for him to have in the vision pit?
(a) Forty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lame Deer say is the name of a man who "uses the power of the rawhide and the stones to find and to cure"?

2. During the yuwipi ceremony a man would lie face down and have his fingers laced together with what?

3. What did Ziolkowski say he wanted to do for the Indians?

4. What is the word that the Sioux Indians use for the soul, spirit, or essence?

5. What animal was most likely to appear in a vision that a medicine man had?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. Why does Lame Deer say that Indian children are never alone?

5. 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?

6. After the Indians smoke for the fourth and last time in the sweat house, what do they say and how do they exit?

7. What would happen in a Sioux tribe when a young girl would have her heart set on a young boy instead of a famous chief and would elope with him?

8. Describe what happened when Indian police surrounded Sitting Bull's cabin.

9. In the beginning of Chapter 10, what does Lame Deer mention is the Indian's first rite and always comes before any other ritual?

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

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