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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 was the only sign of industriousness that could be seen in the village?
(a) The line of laundry flapping in the wind behind each house.
(b) The men working on their cars.
(c) The cleanly swept sidewalks in front of the houses.
(d) The gardens behind each house.

2. To what did Nerburn compare what was happening on the grassy field below them in Chapter 12?
(a) A musical performance.
(b) A medieval battlefield.
(c) A WWI battle scene.
(d) A family reunion.

3. What did the Indians feel the Creator disapproved of that the white man did?
(a) Offer money for land.
(b) Not honor the Indians and their ways.
(c) Dress differently and have different customs.
(d) Make silly, stereotyped Indian movies.

4. How did Grover describe the coffee he made?
(a) Cofffee like his mother had brewed.
(b) Java.
(c) Navy brew.
(d) Espresso.

5. What did the Lakota word "wasichu" mean in English?
(a) Danger.
(b) Dog.
(c) White man.
(d) Elder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dan feel he should forgive the white man?

2. According to Dan, what did the white man do to the land?

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

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

5. How did Dan's grandfathers give him the song?

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