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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) Eastern Community Church.
(c) The Church of the American Indian.
(d) The Native American Church.

2. What did Ziolkowski say he wanted to do for the Indians?
(a) He said that he wanted to dedicate his work to Lame Deer.
(b) He said he wanted to paint Mount Rushmore in horrible colors.
(c) He said he wanted to put up a giant statue of Crazy Horse.
(d) He said he wanted to stop work on Mount Rushmore.

3. 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?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. In Chapter 8, Lame Deer talks about a young Navajo boy and girl in their apartment in their city. What color of blanket did he put over this young couple?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

5. At the end of the yuwipi ceremony, dog meat was eaten. If someone ended up with the dog's head, what did that mean?
(a) You are doomed to darkness.
(b) The dog will watch over you from the clouds.
(c) It will bring good luck.
(d) You must pass on your power to your eldest son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lame Deer tells a story about his uncle and how his horse's rope was pulled into a badger's hole. What did his uncle have to do with the rope?

2. In Chapter 7, Pete Catches talks about his sister eating what animal's heart?

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

4. To protect their daughters from tipi-creepers, what would mothers tie around their daughter's waists?

5. One way for young folks to get together was for the girl to stand outside her family's tipi with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why does Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes enjoy sitting on Teddy Roosevelt's head more than the other heads on Mount Rushmore?

4. Why was the trial that Lame Deer was involved in considered to be one big confusion?

5. Who was Leonard Crow Dog?

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

7. Describe the situation described in Chapter 13 when white students gave an old chief a bottle of little pills.

8. How does Godfrey Chips describe Crazy Horse?

9. Most of the time, how does a person become a medicine man?

10. How does Lame Deer describe the white man's way of war?

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