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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. What did the name of the Itazipcho tribe mean?

3. What animal guarded the west entrance to the mountain where the wakinyan lived?

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

5. How many paths led into the mountain where the wakinyan lived?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the place where the wakinyan live.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

In the book, Lame Deer mentions that sometimes parents wanted their daughters to marry a famous chief but sometimes their daughter had her heart set on someone else. Sometimes the daughters would elope. Why do you think the tribe and parents approved of this union after the couple returned from their elopement? Why wasn't the arranged marriage forced by the parents and tribe? How did this help unity of families and the tribe as a whole?

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