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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 tells the story of the heyoka turtle and the heyoka frog in Chapter 16. At the beginning of the story, what were they sitting on?
(a) A rock.
(b) A patch of grass.
(c) A lillypad.
(d) A log.

2. The birds that Richard spent time with ate raw hamburger out of his hand along with fragments of what?
(a) Ham.
(b) Bird seed.
(c) His own finger tips.
(d) Peanuts.

3. Lame Deer mentions that sometimes the tonwan or thunderbolt hits something. What does he describe it hitting?
(a) A human.
(b) A pig.
(c) A horse.
(d) A bull.

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

5. When Lame Deer received the chance to hold the Ptehincala Huhu Canunpa, what colors of flannel was it wrapped in?
(a) Yellow and green.
(b) Blue and red.
(c) Red and green.
(d) Yellow and blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard Erdoes' father died how many weeks before he was born?

2. What was Rabbit Boy's buckskin decorated with?

3. Which entrance did the butterfly guard on the mountain where the wakinyan lived?

4. The White Buffalo Woman wore a dress made of what?

5. What does the Lakota word, wakinyan mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Karl May's favorite Indian hero?

2. What happened when Richard Erdoes was arrested by a brutish-looking policeman?

3. What did the substitute dancers in a heyoka ceremony wear?

4. What did Richard Erdoes see when he rushed to the window and looked outside on his first day in New York City?

5. What does Richard Erdoes say he did as a child when he would attend a "blood opera" with his pals?

6. What does Lame Deer state the old people used to say about damage caused by lightning?

7. According to Sioux legend, where did the blood-red rock found in the southwest corner of Minnesota come from?

8. Where did Richard Erdoes' Jewish grandfather live and what did he teach Richard?

9. What did the woman look like that presented the first pipe to the Sioux tribe?

10. Describe how the thunder-beings eventually turned into wakinyan or thunderbirds.

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