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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was Grover's Buick?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gold.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

2. What is the lie of the good man, according to Dan?
(a) A confession of ignorance.
(b) A white lie.
(c) Changing the subject of the conversation.
(d) Silence.

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

4. What kind of truck did Nerburn own?
(a) A Buick.
(b) A Toyota.
(c) A Ford.
(d) A Nissan.

5. What did Grover, Dan and Nerburn have for lunch at Grover's house?
(a) Baloney sandwiches.
(b) Tuna fish sandwiches.
(c) Grape jelly and peanut butter sandwiches.
(d) Roast beef sandwiches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the author doing when the seed for this book was planted in his mind?

3. Of what piece of music was Nerburn reminded as they drove through the deepening evening?

4. What were Dan and Nerburn listening to as they sat on Dan's front porch?

5. What had an old farmer in Bismarck told Nerburn when he asked why he never went east?

(see the answer key)

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