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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. Who shot Sitting Bull?

2. What did Dan take out of the trunk at Wounded Knee?

3. What chief in Montana was mentioned?

4. Of what did the latticework arch between the two pillars at Wounded Knee remind Nerburn?

5. Who was Ziolkowski?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Thoreau mentioned in the conversation?

2. The monument at Wounded Knee was erected in memory of what?

3. Describe what Dan means when he talks about white mens' cages?

4. How do whites treat history of Lincoln differently than the history of Jesus?

5. What did Dan take out of the trunk of the car at Wounded Knee?

6. Describe what was in the bundle Grover took out of his trunk that he and Dan unwrapped in Chapter 12, "Welcome to Our Land"?

7. Describe the inside of Annie's house.

8. Describe the Homestead town they visited in Chapter 15.

9. Describe Annie's yard and other things outside her house.

10. What was the difference between Lincoln and Jesus in Dan's eyes?

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) How can a white person become like an Indian, according to Dan?

2) `Discuss the reasons Dan rebuked Nerburn for asking the Indian they picked up whether he was going to Sitting Bull's Memorial? How did it relate to how Southerners still view the Civil War?

3) Describe Sitting Bull and then tell about his murder. Why was he a great leader?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Explain how Dan felt about being called Indian. Did he object? Would he rather be called a Native American?

2) What did Dan have to say about the origin of Indians? Did he agree they came across a land bridge over the Bering Strait? What reasons did he give?

3) How did Dan say the Europeans exterminate Indians?

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