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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the book published?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1992.

2. What do white people fear that Indians do not and even cultivate?
(a) Arguments.
(b) Silence.
(c) Legends.
(d) Jokes.

3. How did the Indians measure people when times were bad?
(a) By how they shared.
(b) By whether they were poor.
(c) By whether they were able to survive.
(d) By whether they were rich.

4. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?
(a) Yale.
(b) Notre Dame.
(c) Haskell.
(d) North Dakota U.

5. What is the lie of the good man, according to Dan?
(a) Silence.
(b) A confession of ignorance.
(c) A white lie.
(d) Changing the subject of the conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the reservations defined on Nerburn's map?

2. What Indian had counseled reaching out a hand of peace to the white people?

3. What was the Indian philosophy of ownership?

4. What was the title of one of the books Nerburn wrote after working on the reservation?

5. What did Dan like about Nerburn?

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