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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 Lakota Elder want to talk with Nerburn?
(a) He wanted to invite him to a pow wow.
(b) He was interested in white people.
(c) He had seen the two books Nerburn had written.
(d) He was curious about Nerburn's interest in the Lakota.

2. How do Dan and the Lakota people feel about being called Indians?
(a) They are amused.
(b) They don't care about something like a name.
(c) They are fighting mad.
(d) They are highly insulted.

3. Nerburn got a phone call from whom in Chapter 1?
(a) An Indian woman.
(b) His publisher.
(c) His son.
(d) An Indian Elder.

4. What was the author doing when the seed for this book was planted in his mind?
(a) Sitting on his front porch watching the sun set.
(b) Day-dreaming about Indians and their values.
(c) Riding his motorcycle across North Dakota in August.
(d) Re-reading the other books he had written about Indians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dan feel it was stupid to be called an Indian?

2. What drug did Nerburn take in the sixties that mimicked the experience Dan had listening to the dead?

3. What were Dan and Nerburn listening to as they sat on Dan's front porch?

4. What were the most important assets Nerburn had in writing the book?

5. On what reservation had Nerburn worked several years before?

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