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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. What did Wenonah suggest Nerburn do?
(a) Become an honorary member of the Lakota tribe.
(b) Sleep under the car.
(c) Give up writing the book.
(d) Start cooking the meals for her and Dan.

2. What did Dan like about Nerburn?
(a) He was thoughtful.
(b) He was polite.
(c) He wasn't trying to be an Indian.
(d) He was quiet.

3. According to Dan, what did the white man do to the land?
(a) Didn't love it.
(b) Developed it.
(c) Turned it into property.
(d) Disrespected it.

4. What did Dan's Indian friends call Nerburn?
(a) White man.
(b) City boy.
(c) Intruder.
(d) Grizzly Adams.

5. What did Dan's granddaughter put in the breakfast oatmeal?
(a) Honey.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Bacon grease.
(d) Milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What criticisms did Grover have for the first chapters Nerburn wrote?

2. What was the name of the old Indian's dog?

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

4. What was the Indian philosophy of ownership?

5. How did Nerburn feel when he was among the Indians?

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