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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. Lame Deer talks about a famous chief that was named Man-Afraid-of-His-what?
(a) Horse.
(b) Arrow.
(c) Cow.
(d) Knife.

2. When Lame Deer talks about the four square miles along the Rapid River that his great-grandfather and his tribe had taken away from them, he talks about the government missing out on a life-sized dinosaur made out of green what?
(a) Paper Mache.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Iron.
(d) Wood.

3. What is the word that the Sioux Indians use for the soul, spirit, or essence?
(a) Heyoka.
(b) Hanblechia.
(c) Shehi.
(d) Nagi.

4. What does the steam represent that is coming out of the pot mentioned in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Darkness.
(b) New life.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Living breath.

5. When Lame Deer was asked to pick a trade when he was in the reformatory, what did he choose?
(a) Rodeo clown.
(b) Fence builder.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Sign painting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Lame Deer say the white man goes to to escape bad weather?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 8, Lame Deer tells a big secret that he just wants to whisper and doesn't dare say aloud. What is this secret?

4. What does the word heyoka mean?

5. 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?

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

3. What kind of shapes are in the belt that Lame Deer's grandmother made that is mentioned in Chapter 6 and what do these shapes represent?

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

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

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

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

8. What does the lizard and turtle stand for in the Sioux culture and what were they believed to protect a baby from?

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

10. Describe how Lame Deer's great-grandfather was killed by mistake.

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