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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. Winnetou never killed his enemies but stunned them with what?
2. When the earth was young, the Sioux Indians believe that the wakinyan ruled over what?
3. In the story mentioned in the beginning of Blood Turned Into Stone, what made up the large pool of blood?
4. In the story of Rabbit Boy, there is a boy who states that he has power over Rabbit Boy and that he is going to throw what over him?
5. When Lame Deer was describing the pipe in Blood Turned Into Stone, he states that the pipe is "us". Therefore, the stem of the pipe represented what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Lame Deer liken the sacred pipe to a Sioux person?
2. Who was Karl May's favorite Indian hero?
3. Describe the Odenwald Schule that Richard Erdoes attended for two years.
4. What did Richard Erdoes see when he rushed to the window and looked outside on his first day in New York City?
5. When Lame Deer tried to describe a thunderbird, why did he say that could not do it?
6. What does Lame Deer state the old people used to say about damage caused by lightning?
7. Describe some of the strange things that a heyoka, or clown does.
8. What does Lame Deer say is the reason that one loud clap of thunder is heard followed by smaller rumblings?
9. Before Richard Erdoes met his Indian friends, what did he do in New York?
10. What did Iktome, the spider man, decide to do after he discovered that Rabbit Boy had come back to life and gone up with the clouds?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
In the beginning of Chapter 6, The Circle and the Square, Lame Deer mentions a belt that his grandmother made that has symbols on it; telling a story. What story do these symbols tell and what symbols are used for the story? Describe what symbols mean to the Sioux culture.
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