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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. Lame Deer talks about an old white man that invited him and his friend into his cellar to drink and play cards. Lame Deer said that this bootlegger was so drunk he couldn't do what?

2. Lame Deer mentions a special kind of deer called the taha topta sapa which had a black streak across what?

3. How old was Lame Deer when his mother died?

4. What was the name of Lame Deer's other grandfather besides Crazy Heart?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. What did the old Indian in The Green Frog Skin mean when he said, "now they own the air, too."?

6. Describe the situation described in Chapter 13 when white students gave an old chief a bottle of little pills.

7. Describe what happened when Indian police surrounded Sitting Bull's cabin.

8. Describe the first white man that Lame Deer ever met.

9. Who was Leonard Crow Dog?

10. How many buffalo skulls were needed in the old days of the sun dance and what were they needed for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 9, Medicine, Good and Bad, Lame Deer talks about the medicine man or wicasa wakan and how they love silence. Why do you think the wicasa wakan had the desire to be by themselves and loved silence? What kinds of experiences did the wicasa wakan have as a result of silence and meditation? How did this bring the wicasa wakan closer to nature and closer to fellow Sioux Indians?

Essay Topic 2

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"?

Essay Topic 3

What new things did you learn from this book about Indian culture? What things surprised you or enlightened you about the Sioux way of life? Use specific information to support your answers.

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