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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As a start to a yuwipi meeting what needed to be done with all the windows and doors?
2. In the process of building a sweat house, how many white willow trees needed to be cut?
3. Lame Deer talks about a famous chief that was named Man-Afraid-of-His-what?
4. Lame Deer states that their tribe's oldest lady had a face like what?
5. Crazy Horse never let a white man take what?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Describe the situation described in Chapter 13 when white students gave an old chief a bottle of little pills.
3. What does Lame Deer say the white man's symbol is and why?
4. 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?
5. What would the mothers of daughters afraid of tipi-creepers do to create a "No Trespassing" sign on their daughter and what would the mothers do if they found there had been a tipi-creeper?
6. What kind of room would serve as a good room for a yuwipi meeting?
7. 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?
8. Why does Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes enjoy sitting on Teddy Roosevelt's head more than the other heads on Mount Rushmore?
9. How did Lame Deer end up with a bum shoulder?
10. How does Godfrey Chips describe Crazy Horse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the end of Chapter 16, Lame Deer says that "we can teach each other to see through the cloud of pollution that politicians, industrialists, and technical experts see as 'reality' ". Describe what Lame Deer is talking about when he mentions a cloud of pollution. What examples does Lame Deer describe of this pollution in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Lame Deer went through a period in his life when he was searching for himself. Describe the process of Lame Deer discovering his true self. What experiences did Lame Deer have to help him discover who he was meant to be? Were there any influential people that helped Lame Deer on his path to discovery? If so, who were they?
Essay Topic 3
Why does Lame Deer state that one word like medicine man cannot describe what an actual medicine man is in the Sioux culture? How complex is being a medicine man and why? What different names and definitions does Lame Deer give for the Sioux "medicine men"?
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