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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the old Indian's dog?

2. In which South Western City was there a market where rich people could buy all kinds of Indian stuff?

3. What famous person from overseas saw "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show"?

4. How did the Indians measure people when times were bad?

5. What is the lie of the good man, according to Dan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who passed Grover as he drove 45 mph on the trip they were taking?

2. Where was Nerburn sitting in Grover's Buick on the trip he took with Grover and Dan and what was he doing?

3. Describe the "wannabe" Hippies they ran into at the truck stop.

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

5. Describe the telephone call Nerburn got.

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

7. Describe the houses in the Indian village Dan and Nerburn pass on their way to Grover's house.

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

9. Describe the landmark Nerburn came upon when riding across North Dakota on his motorcycle.

10. Describe Dan's house.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Write about the silence of Indians vs the talkativeness of white people. Which do you think is better? Why?

2) What explanation did Dan give Nerburn for the junk lying out in front of the Indian village houses?

3) How do Indians and White people view possessions differently?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Why did Indian children root for the cowboys in the old Cowboy and Indian movies?

2) What influence did Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show have? What famous Indian was in it? What famous foreign ruler saw it?

3) Describe "movie Indians." What were some of the funny comments made about them by the Indians?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these questions as essay topics:

1) What stages did the writing of the book go through and what was the final decision on how it should be written?

2) Explain the significance of tobacco and sweet grass to the Indians. What did the Indians do with those two things?

3) Describe the different stages the white men went through in their dealings with the Indians. How did it become worse and worse?

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