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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what kind of vehicle was the Hippie family traveling?
(a) An old station wagon with a dream-catcher hangin in it.
(b) A blue Volkswagen.
(c) An old van with an Indian scene painted on its side.
(d) A green school bus with red curtains.

3. What was Grover doing when Dan and Nerburn came to visit him?
(a) Reading one of Nerburn's books.
(b) Fixing his Buick.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Watching a black and white cowboy movie on television.

4. How do Dan and the Lakota people feel about being called Indians?
(a) They don't care about something like a name.
(b) They are fighting mad.
(c) They are amused.
(d) They are highly insulted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did Nerburn give for not wearing a watch?

2. What tribe of Indians were the cowboys fighting in the movie Grover was watching?

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

4. What did Grover, Dan and Nerburn have for lunch at Grover's house?

5. How much did Dan's grandmother receive for sitting on a blanket and having her picture taken?

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