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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. How were the reservations defined on Nerburn's map?
(a) By slightly off-colored squares surrounded by dotted lines.
(b) By large black capital letters.
(c) Each reservation was a different pastel color mass.
(d) They were surrounded by solid red lines.

2. Where did Fatback live?
(a) In an old wooden dog house.
(b) Under Dan's front porch.
(c) In the house with Dan.
(d) In a dirt hollow she had dug beneath the junk car.

3. What did Nerburn buy at the local store before proceeding to the old Indian's house?
(a) A candy bar.
(b) A pack of chewing gum.
(c) A soda.
(d) A pack of Prince Albert tobacco.

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

5. What criticisms did Grover have for the first chapters Nerburn wrote?
(a) They sounded too much like stories of "movie Indians."
(b) They were too poetic and fancy.
(c) They were too short and used large words.
(d) They were not authentic and full of lies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color was Nerburn's truck?

3. In what year was the book published?

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

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

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