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

2. Dan's lifestyle was like whose?
(a) Grover's.
(b) The Lakota tribe's.
(c) Fatack's.
(d) His granddaughter's.

3. What are "pispiza"?
(a) Cherokee Indians.
(b) Sweet grasses.
(c) Lakota elders.
(d) Prairie dogs.

4. What did Dan like about Nerburn?
(a) He wasn't trying to be an Indian.
(b) He was quiet.
(c) He was thoughtful.
(d) He was polite.

5. How were the reservations defined on Nerburn's map?
(a) By large black capital letters.
(b) Each reservation was a different pastel color mass.
(c) By slightly off-colored squares surrounded by dotted lines.
(d) They were surrounded by solid red lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what reservation had Nerburn worked several years before?

2. In what year was the book updated?

3. According to Dan, the Creator love the smell of what?

4. What was in the yard to the left of Grover's house?

5. How did the Indians measure people when times were bad?

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