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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the woman from New York say the Red Road books were not helpful in finding out about the Indians?
(a) She didn't trust a book written by a white man.
(b) The Indians sounded "flat and uninteresting" in the books.
(c) She didn't care to learn the truth about the Lakota people.
(d) The Indians in the book weren't like the "movie Indians."

2. What do white people fear that Indians do not and even cultivate?
(a) Silence.
(b) Jokes.
(c) Legends.
(d) Arguments.

3. Where was Grover's house located?
(a) On the other side of the village.
(b) Down the road from Dan's house.
(c) In the next village.
(d) In the middle of the village.

4. To what did Grover compare the white man's religious Communion in the Lakota society?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Sweetgrass.
(c) Maize.
(d) The spring crop.

5. What was the Indian philosophy of ownership?
(a) No one dare violate one's ownership of something.
(b) You owned it as long as you needed it then passed it on.
(c) The more things you owned, the better.
(d) If you owned a lot of things others looked up to you,.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dan consider bullshit regarding the white people's way of life?

2. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?

3. Dan's lifestyle was like whose?

4. What was in the yard to the left of Grover's house?

5. What did the Lakota people call the Creator?

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