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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Dan, how do white people learn?
(a) By talking.
(b) By experimenting.
(c) By listening.
(d) By reading.

2. What was the title of one of the books Nerburn wrote after working on the reservation?
(a) The Forgotten People.
(b) To Walk the Red Road.
(c) Tales of the Elders.
(d) Our Mother Earth.

3. On what reservation had Nerburn worked several years before?
(a) The Red Lake Objibwe Reservation.
(b) The Sacred Buffalo Reservation,
(c) The Red Dog Reservation.
(d) The Dakota Black Hills Reservation.

4. What was outside of the Old Indian's house?
(a) A small vegetable garden.
(b) An outhouse.
(c) Two cars, one on blocks.
(d) A large Cadillac.

5. Describe Nerburn's immediate family.
(a) A wife and two teenage daughters.
(b) A wife, a small blond daughter and a teenage boy.
(c) A wife, a teenage daughter and a young boy.
(d) A wife and two teenage sons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Grover?

3. What did Dan like about Nerburn?

4. How did the Indians measure people when times were bad?

5. What did Wenonah suggest Nerburn do?

(see the answer key)

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