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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. In Chapter 7, Pete Catches talks about his sister eating what animal's heart?
2. 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?
3. What does the word heyoka mean?
4. At the Custer battle, who had green paper in their pockets?
5. How many days did the ghost dance last?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how Lame Deer sees the old cooking pot in Chapter 6.
2. Why does Lame Deer say that Indian children are never alone?
3. Describe the first white man that Lame Deer ever met.
4. How did Lame Deer end up with a bum shoulder?
5. Most of the time, how does a person become a medicine man?
6. How does Lame Deer describe the white man's way of war?
7. After the Indians smoke for the fourth and last time in the sweat house, what do they say and how do they exit?
8. 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.
9. What does Lame Deer say the white man's symbol is and why?
10. What does the lizard and turtle stand for in the Sioux culture and what were they believed to protect a baby from?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the book, Lame Deer mentions that sometimes parents wanted their daughters to marry a famous chief but sometimes their daughter had her heart set on someone else. Sometimes the daughters would elope. Why do you think the tribe and parents approved of this union after the couple returned from their elopement? Why wasn't the arranged marriage forced by the parents and tribe? How did this help unity of families and the tribe as a whole?
Essay Topic 2
Describe how Lame Deer thinks the white man has destroyed or taken the "spirit" from particular animals and also how the white man has taken away from his own natural body. What disasters befall the white man because of these problems, according to Lame Deer?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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