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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. 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?

2. 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?

3. Which entrance did the butterfly guard on the mountain where the wakinyan lived?

4. Richard's Catholic aunt in Austria went to early Mass each morning at what time?

5. What is the oldest dance along with the sun dance in the Sioux culture?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lame Deer suggest that mankind can get back on the red road of the pipe or the road of life?

2. What did the substitute dancers in a heyoka ceremony wear?

3. What happened when Richard Erdoes was attending a yuwipi meeting and he asked to take photographs?

4. Some medicine men have an eagle feather attached to their pipe. Where is the eagle feather attached and why?

5. According to Sioux legend, where did the blood-red rock found in the southwest corner of Minnesota come from?

6. What does Lame Deer state the old people used to say about damage caused by lightning?

7. Where did Richard Erdoes' Jewish grandfather live and what did he teach Richard?

8. Because of Iktome, the spider man, what did the villagers do to Rabbit Boy?

9. 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?

10. What did the woman look like that presented the first pipe to the Sioux tribe?

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

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

Compare and contrast the experiences that Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes had growing up. Explain how the two became good friends and why you think they had such a strong relationship.

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