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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's first encounter with the American West take place?

2. When the White Buffalo walked away from the tribe, what was she doing?

3. The White Buffalo Woman wore a dress made of what?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did each day end for Richard Erdoes when he lived with his aunt who was a Mohammedan girl from Sarajevo?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

9. What does Richard Erdoes say he did as a child when he would attend a "blood opera" with his pals?

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

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.

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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