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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. Where did Richard Erdoes study art?

2. When Richard had some of his Indian friends visit him in New York, what left the Indians speechless?

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

4. What did the name of the Itazipcho tribe mean?

5. Richard states in the Epilogue of the book that one kind soul solved his problem of religion by taking him where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. How does Lame Deer liken the sacred pipe to a Sioux person?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lame Deer went through a period in his life when he was searching for himself. Describe the process of Lame Deer discovering his true self. What experiences did Lame Deer have to help him discover who he was meant to be? Were there any influential people that helped Lame Deer on his path to discovery? If so, who were they?

Essay Topic 2

In the book, Lame Deer mentions that he left the discussion about the peace pipe until the end of the book because it is the most important subject. Describe why the pipe is such an important symbol and thing in the Sioux Indian culture. Use specific information from the book to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the sun dance. Why would this ritual be considered harsh in the white man's world? What were you feelings about this ritual when you read about it? After reading Lame Deer's explanation of the sun dance, would you still consider it to be harsh? Why or why not?

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