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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. What criticisms did Grover have for the first chapters Nerburn wrote?
(a) They were too short and used large words.
(b) They sounded too much like stories of "movie Indians."
(c) They were not authentic and full of lies.
(d) They were too poetic and fancy.

2. What sentence, according to Nerburn, sums up America?
(a) "From sea to shining sea."
(b) "We are number one."
(c) "What's in it for me?"
(d) "We are the land of the free."

3. According to Dan, what did the white man do to the land?
(a) Developed it.
(b) Turned it into property.
(c) Disrespected it.
(d) Didn't love it.

4. According to Dan, the Creator love the smell of what?
(a) The spring rain.
(b) The Indian camp fire.
(c) Sweet grass sprinkled into a fire.
(d) The spring prairie flowers.

5. On what reservation had Nerburn worked several years before?
(a) The Red Dog Reservation.
(b) The Sacred Buffalo Reservation,
(c) The Red Lake Objibwe Reservation.
(d) The Dakota Black Hills Reservation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Dan, how do white people learn?

3. What was the name of the old Indian's dog?

4. Why did the woman from New York say the Red Road books were not helpful in finding out about the Indians?

5. How did Nerburn feel when he was among the Indians?

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