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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. How many days did the ghost dance last?
2. What does Lame Deer say is the name of a man who "uses the power of the rawhide and the stones to find and to cure"?
3. In the book, Lame Deer talks about horses in a rodeo and how the riders knew how the horses were going to buck. He says that it's not like riding a horse any more, it's like driving what?
4. What is the word that the Sioux Indians use for the soul, spirit, or essence?
5. According to Lame Deer, what was the name of the greatest of all the Sioux?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Leonard Crow Dog?
2. How did Lame Deer end up with a bum shoulder?
3. 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?
4. What kind of room would serve as a good room for a yuwipi meeting?
5. Describe the situation described in Chapter 13 when white students gave an old chief a bottle of little pills.
6. Most of the time, how does a person become a medicine man?
7. Why was the trial that Lame Deer was involved in considered to be one big confusion?
8. How many buffalo skulls were needed in the old days of the sun dance and what were they needed for?
9. 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?
10. Describe the first white man that Lame Deer ever met.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe one of your favorite Indian ceremonies, rituals, or legends that you read about in the book. Why was this your favorite and what things intrigued you about this particular ceremony, ritual, or legend?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe Lame Deer. Explain Lame Deer's characteristics and ideals. What is important to Lame Deer? In what ways do you agree with Lame Deer's views that are mentioned in the book? Are there any particular ideas that you don't agree with that that Lame Deer brings up in the book? If so, what are they and why do you disagree?
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