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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what piece of music was Nerburn reminded as they drove through the deepening evening?
(a) Mozart's Coronation Mass.
(b) Telemann's C Minor Mass.
(c) Handel's Messiah.
(d) Bach's B Minor Mass.

2. What were Dan and Nerburn listening to as they sat on Dan's front porch?
(a) The approach of Grover's car.
(b) Dan's granddaughter singing as she worked.
(c) Fatback's barking.
(d) The larksong and the morning wind.

3. What did Dan consider bullshit regarding the white people's way of life?
(a) The white people's marriage customs.
(b) The white people's way of raising their children.
(c) The white people's emphasis on education.
(d) The white people's attitude toward possessions.

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

5. When was a man supposed to wear an eagle feather?
(a) When he found it in nature.
(b) When he earned it in battle or a veteran gave it to him.
(c) When his mother gave it to him.
(d) During a Pow Wow.

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

7. What had an old farmer in Bismarck told Nerburn when he asked why he never went east?
(a) He said, "I can't afford the trip."
(b) He said, "It's too expensive in the east."
(c) He said, "there are too many big cities in the east."
(d) He said "nah, trees make me nervous."

8. What color was Nerburn's truck?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

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

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

11. Who did Nerburn sit next to in the Buick on the trip?
(a) Fatback.
(b) Grover.
(c) Dan.
(d) Nobody.

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

13. What Indian people did Dan say were killing Indians?
(a) The Indians who intermarried with whites.
(b) The Indians who adopted white ways.
(c) The Indians who sold the sacred ways.
(d) The Indians who became rich and moved away.

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

15. What drug did Nerburn take in the sixties that mimicked the experience Dan had listening to the dead?
(a) Peyote.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) LSD.
(d) Speed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of vehicle was the Hippie family traveling?

2. Describe the Hippie man.

3. Where was Grover's house located?

4. What do white people fear that Indians do not and even cultivate?

5. What request did the Indian woman have when she called Nerburn?

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