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

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 - Hard

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 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the most important assets Nerburn had in writing the book?

2. In what kind of vehicle was the Hippie family traveling?

3. Who did Nerburn sit next to in the Buick on the trip?

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

5. What sentence, according to Nerburn, sums up America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Dan tell Nerburn about the prairie dogs?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

9. Describe Grover's house.

10. Why did Indians wear long hair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Why did white men choose freedom and Indians choose honor to worship? Discuss the cages Dan brought up. Are white men really free?

2) How did Dan describe the treaties which were offered to the Indians?

3) How did the whites use words against the Indians?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Describe Annie.

2) Describe Danelle and Delvin.

3) Describe Danelle and Delvin's children.

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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