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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Indian had counseled reaching out a hand of peace to the white people?
(a) Black Kettle.
(b) Running Horse.
(c) Sitting Bull.
(d) Black Stag.

2. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?
(a) North Dakota U.
(b) Haskell.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) Yale.

3. Why does Dan feel he should forgive the white man?
(a) He pities the white man as an inferior being.
(b) The land, the mountain and forest teach him to heal and forgive.
(c) He feels he has no alternative but to forgive.
(d) He feels he might do what they did if in their place.

4. In what year was the book published?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1992.

5. What was inside the three-sided wooden structure Nerburn came across on his motorcycle trip?
(a) An offering of free fruits and vegetables to passers-by.
(b) Three stones with Lakota traditions inscribed in them.
(c) A sacred Lakota buffalo rock.
(d) A wood carving of a Lakota Indian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the woman from New York say the Red Road books were not helpful in finding out about the Indians?

2. What did Dan's Indian friends call Nerburn?

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

4. How did Grover wear his hair?

5. To what did Grover compare the white man's religious Communion in the Lakota society?

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