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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color did Nerburn say the morning sky was?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Rosy.
(c) Red.
(d) Light blue.

2. What was strewn around the base of the obelisk?
(a) Wilted flowers.
(b) Plastic flowers.
(c) Plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
(d) Prayer notes.

3. What was the Wanekia?
(a) The Ghost Dancer.
(b) The Creator.
(c) The Messiah.
(d) The devil.

4. What chief in Montana was mentioned?
(a) Chief Black Elk.
(b) Chief Running Bear.
(c) Chief Joseph.
(d) Chief Lone Wolf.

5. What did Nerburn dream about at Wounded Knee?
(a) His son.
(b) A magical deer.
(c) A multi-colored bird.
(d) A Pegasus.

6. what did the drunk Indian woman in the restaurant in the Homestead town look like?
(a) Like a movie star Indian with long black hair.
(b) Fat in a long long Indian skirt.
(c) Medium build in jeans and a white shirt.
(d) Skinny in very tight jeans.

7. How many times did Dan take a pinch of tobacco and offer it to the wind?
(a) Four times.
(b) Seven times.
(c) Three times.
(d) Six times.

8. A flash of lightning illuminated a billboard with a quote from what book in the Bible?
(a) John.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Luke.
(d) Mark.

9. How many rooms did Annie's house have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

11. Why couldn't Dan speak or write, according to the grandfathers?
(a) He hadn't graduated from Haskell.
(b) He had married a white woman.
(c) He wasn't poetic enough.
(d) He had too much anger.

12. What kind of a woman did Nerburn perceive Annie to be?
(a) An angry woman.
(b) A bitter woman.
(c) A kind woman.
(d) A sad woman.

13. What was in front of Sitting Bull's Monument?
(a) A plaque with Sitting Bull's history on it.
(b) A garden.
(c) A bench.
(d) A square stone pillar topped by a bust.

14. What did the French want from the Indians?
(a) Furs.
(b) Land.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

15. How old is April?
(a) Nine.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Indians what people are closest to God?

2. How many murdered Lakota people were buried at Wounded Knee?

3. What were the seven stars supposed to have taught the Lakota?

4. What does Dan say he sometimes imagines doing in revenge for the whites taking everything sacred to Indians?

5. Grover had a tattoo of what on his right arm?

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