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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 were Dan and Nerburn listening to as they sat on Dan's front porch?
(a) Fatback's barking.
(b) The approach of Grover's car.
(c) Dan's granddaughter singing as she worked.
(d) The larksong and the morning wind.

2. What did Dan's granddaughter put in the breakfast oatmeal?
(a) Honey.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Milk.
(d) Bacon grease.

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

4. What did the Lakota people call the Creator?
(a) The Great Spirit.
(b) Walka Tenken.
(c) Watiki Tokan.
(d) Wakan Tanka.

5. Why didn't Nerburn play cards?
(a) He had never learned how to play.
(b) He disapproved of playing cards.
(c) He thought it was a waste of time.
(d) He felt it led to gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dan's lifestyle was like whose?

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

3. Why did the Lakota Elder want to talk with Nerburn?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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