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

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

3. Why did Dan feel it was stupid to be called an Indian?
(a) Because Columbus thought he had found the East Indies.
(b) Because he was really a Native American.
(c) Because it was demeaning.
(d) Because it wasn't a Lakota term.

4. What request did the Indian woman have when she called Nerburn?
(a) She asked him to sell her his two books.
(b) She asked him to visit her grandfather, an Elder.
(c) She asked him if she could visit him.
(d) She asked him to speak to her grandfather on the phone,.

5. What did the Indians feel the Creator disapproved of that the white man did?
(a) Dress differently and have different customs.
(b) Not honor the Indians and their ways.
(c) Offer money for land.
(d) Make silly, stereotyped Indian movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dan like about Nerburn?

2. On what kind of sandwich did Grover often make for which Dan complimented him?

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

4. What does "wakan" mean in English?

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

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