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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. What does Lame Deer say the white man forgot to give Indians when they brought them whiskey?
2. What does the word inyan mean?
3. Lame Deer states that many white men think that the sun dance is an initiation of what?
4. What does the word inipi mean?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Lame Deer end up with a bum shoulder?
2. When a medicine man, or wicasa wakan, is old and nearing the end of his life, who does he try to pass on his vision and knowledge to and what happens if that doesn't work?
3. Describe what happened when Indian police surrounded Sitting Bull's cabin.
4. 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?
5. How does Lame Deer describe the white man's way of war?
6. Why does Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes enjoy sitting on Teddy Roosevelt's head more than the other heads on Mount Rushmore?
7. What did the old Indian in The Green Frog Skin mean when he said, "now they own the air, too."?
8. What are some of the meanings of the word yuwipi that Lame Deer mentions in the book?
9. 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.
10. How does Godfrey Chips describe Crazy Horse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to Lame Deer, what are the evils that come from the "green frog skin"? Do you agree with Lame Deer's view on money? Why or why not? What other evils did the white man bring to the Indian culture? Use specific examples from the book to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe how Lame Deer's ancestors and immediate family influenced him in his life and made him into the person he was.
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