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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 a clown was fooling around he was really performing what?

2. What was the color of the buckskin that Rabbit boy wore?

3. Lame Deer states that being a clown brought honor but also what?

4. What kind of work did Richard do in New York?

5. The second thunderbird who was red, has wings with how many joints?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would it make a sick person happy to hear a heyoka tell them that they are going to die?

2. Describe the place where the wakinyan live.

3. Describe the Odenwald Schule that Richard Erdoes attended for two years.

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

5. Describe how the thunder-beings eventually turned into wakinyan or thunderbirds.

6. Who was Karl May's favorite Indian hero?

7. What happened when Richard Erdoes was arrested by a brutish-looking policeman?

8. What does Lame Deer say is the reason that one loud clap of thunder is heard followed by smaller rumblings?

9. When Lame Deer tried to describe a thunderbird, why did he say that could not do it?

10. How does Richard Erdoes describe the prairie of South Dakota?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the struggles and experiences that Lame Deer went through that helped him become insightful and respectful of the Sioux culture.

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