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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's sidekick was a German what?

2. What was Rabbit Boy's buckskin decorated with?

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

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

5. How many hunters were sent out who discovered the White Buffalo Woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the place where the wakinyan live.

2. Where are the places set aside for surviving buffalo herds, and what does Lame Deer state the buffalo would say if they could speak?

3. Before Richard Erdoes met his Indian friends, what did he do in New York?

4. What is the story that Lame Deer tells about the heyoka turtle and the heyoka frog?

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

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

7. What does the great wakinyan or thunderbird of the west look like?

8. 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?

9. In the story of the White Buffalo Woman, what did she say kept the tribe alive?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Describe Lame Deer. Explain Lame Deer's characteristics and ideals. What is important to Lame Deer? In what ways do you agree with Lame Deer's views that are mentioned in the book? Are there any particular ideas that you don't agree with that that Lame Deer brings up in the book? If so, what are they and why do you disagree?

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