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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Crazy Horse?
(a) A famous Cherokee Chief.
(b) A famous Apache Chief.
(c) Sitting Bull's enemy.
(d) An Indian leader immortalized in a sculpture.

2. What did Sitting Bull's monument overlook?
(a) A Homestead town.
(b) The Missouri River Valley.
(c) The Kansas plains.
(d) A Lakota settlement.

3. Describe Danelle.
(a) Medium-build and not very attractive.
(b) Voluptuous with a movie star's beauty.
(c) Plump with bright shiny black eyes.
(d) Skinny with the gaunt beauty of a bar queen.

4. What is a wipoye?
(a) A dream-catcher.
(b) An Indian chant.
(c) An Indian wise woman.
(d) A medicine bag.

5. How many dogs did Annie have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

6. What did Grover put in his napkin for Fatback?
(a) An edge of his steak sandwich.
(b) Part of his cheeseburger.
(c) Rib bones.
(d) A piece of barbequed chicken without the bones.

7. What did Grover do when they got back on the road?
(a) He started singing a Lakota song.
(b) He started ranting against the whites.
(c) He started telling Lakota legends.
(d) He called out the signs they passed.

8. What was the worst thing the white man brought to the Indians according to Dan?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Boarding schools for their children.

9. What did Dan rebuke Nerburn about in Chapter 12?
(a) Talking too much.
(b) Not listening.
(c) Wandering off.
(d) Being too white.

10. What adjective did Dan use to describe the hills where they were parked?
(a) Alive.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Entrancing.
(d) Inspiring.

11. Why was Sitting Bull great?
(a) He had a large tribe under him.
(b) He hated the white man.
(c) He won many battles.
(d) He didn't rule, he led.

12. How old was Delvin?
(a) In his late thirties.
(b) In his late twenties.
(c) In his early forties.
(d) About 32.

13. To what did Nerburn compare what was happening on the grassy field below them in Chapter 12?
(a) A WWI battle scene.
(b) A musical performance.
(c) A family reunion.
(d) A medieval battlefield.

14. How large was the plot of ground inside the pillars and bordered by cement?
(a) 90 ft. long and 7 ft. wide.
(b) 80 ft. long and 8 ft. wide.
(c) 70 ft. long and 6 ft. wide.
(d) 60 ft. long and 5 ft. wide.

15. Grover had a tattoo of what on his right arm?
(a) A woman's name.
(b) A scull.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dan say he's sorry for saying those things to Nerburn?

2. Why couldn't Dan speak or write, according to the grandfathers?

3. What does Dan mention whites would view as an artifact which should be viewed as sacred?

4. What racial slur did Nerburn overhear in the Homestead town restaurant?

5. What gift had the Creator given Dan?

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