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Kent Nerburn
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Kent Nerburn
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the guys in Grover's unit call him when he was in Korea?
(a) Indian.
(b) Red man.
(c) Lakota.
(d) Chief.

4. How fast did Grover drive his Buick?
(a) He seldom drove over 45 miles per hour.
(b) He drove at exactly the speed limit.
(c) He drove about 60 miles per hour.
(d) He crept along at about 30 miles per hour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Fatback live?

2. About how much did Jumbo the car mechanic weigh?

3. What was in the yard to the left of Grover's house?

4. What did Dan like about Nerburn?

5. What did Dan particularly not like about Hippies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the Indians' philosophy and practice of silence and how it differs from the white mens' way.

2. What were some of the things discussed by Dan and Grover and Nerburn as they watched an old cowboy and Indian movie on television?

3. Describe the telephone call Nerburn got.

4. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

5. What did Dan say about being called an Indian?

6. By what means did white men attempt to exterminate the Indians?

7. What was Grover's answer when Dan asked him why he didn't have any junk cars in his yard and what was he referring to?

8. When Nerburn went to Dan's house the next day to tell him he was leaving what did he find?

9. Describe the scene in Grover's Buick on the way back that moved Nerburn to tears.

10. Who was the white lady Grover mentioned and what had she wanted to do?

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