View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "wakan" mean in English?
(a) Sacred or filled with power.
(b) Young or innocent.
(c) Far away.
(d) Secret or hidden.

2. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) Yale.
(c) Haskell.
(d) North Dakota U.

3. How far apart were the houses in the village?
(a) About a mile apart.
(b) About a half a mile apart.
(c) About a quarter of a mile apart.
(d) About 75 ft. from one another.

4. What did Nerburn use to pack his belongings?
(a) A green aviator's bag.
(b) A blue Samsonite suitcase.
(c) A black canvas bag.
(d) A small brown valise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the reservations defined on Nerburn's map?

2. How fast did Grover drive his Buick?

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

4. What was outside of the Old Indian's house?

5. What did Wenonah suggest Nerburn do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the reasons why Nerburn considered going home after his lunch with Grover and Dan?

2. Describe Grover's house.

3. Dan asked Nerburn to read one of the papers he had written using the Elder's notes and clippings. Describe that paper.

4. Describe Dan's house.

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

6. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

7. Why wasn't Grover bothered by the presence of the Hippies?

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

9. Describe Grover.

10. What did Nerburn find when he returned to Dan's house several months later?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 737 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample