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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 did the Lakota people consider a sacred offering?
(a) Buffalo hides.
(b) Maize.
(c) River stones.
(d) Tobacco.

2. What was the author doing when the seed for this book was planted in his mind?
(a) Sitting on his front porch watching the sun set.
(b) Riding his motorcycle across North Dakota in August.
(c) Day-dreaming about Indians and their values.
(d) Re-reading the other books he had written about Indians.

3. Why did Dan feel it was stupid to be called an Indian?
(a) Because it wasn't a Lakota term.
(b) Because it was demeaning.
(c) Because Columbus thought he had found the East Indies.
(d) Because he was really a Native American.

4. What did Dan consider bullshit regarding the white people's way of life?
(a) The white people's emphasis on education.
(b) The white people's marriage customs.
(c) The white people's way of raising their children.
(d) The white people's attitude toward possessions.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Grover wear his hair?

3. What was the only sign of industriousness that could be seen in the village?

4. Why didn't Nerburn play cards?

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

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