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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 sounded too much like stories of "movie Indians."
(b) They were too short and used large words.
(c) They were not authentic and full of lies.
(d) They were too poetic and fancy.

2. What drug did Nerburn take in the sixties that mimicked the experience Dan had listening to the dead?
(a) Peyote.
(b) LSD.
(c) Speed.
(d) Marijuana.

3. What does "wakan" mean in English?
(a) Sacred or filled with power.
(b) Young or innocent.
(c) Secret or hidden.
(d) Far away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the most important assets Nerburn had in writing the book?

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. Where did Fatback live?

5. Dan's lifestyle was like whose?

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