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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. What did Richard keep doing all the way back to their campsite after his first experience with the American West?
2. Winnetou never killed his enemies but stunned them with what?
3. When Richard was arrested by a brutish-looking policeman who took him to a park, the policeman gave him enough money for a third-class ticket to where?
4. One clown was called Heyoka Osni which means what?
5. What was something that was very sacred, especially to Indians, that the clowns could give the Sioux people?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Richard Erdoes' Jewish grandfather live and what did he teach Richard?
2. What does Lame Deer state the old people used to say about damage caused by lightning?
3. What happened when Richard Erdoes was arrested by a brutish-looking policeman?
4. How does Lame Deer liken the sacred pipe to a Sioux person?
5. Describe how the thunder-beings eventually turned into wakinyan or thunderbirds.
6. What did Richard Erdoes see when he rushed to the window and looked outside on his first day in New York City?
7. How does Richard Erdoes describe the prairie of South Dakota?
8. Some medicine men have an eagle feather attached to their pipe. Where is the eagle feather attached and why?
9. Describe the place where the wakinyan live.
10. What did the substitute dancers in a heyoka ceremony wear?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the struggles and experiences that Lame Deer went through that helped him become insightful and respectful of the Sioux culture.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe Lame Deer's experience in the vision pit that is mentioned in the beginning of the book. How did this experience transform him from a boy to a man? Use specific information from the book to support your answers.
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