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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22 and 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dan describe the rolling foothills?
(a) A beautiful place.
(b) Mother earth.
(c) Indian land.
(d) White man's land.

2. What had an old farmer in Bismarck told Nerburn when he asked why he never went east?
(a) He said, "I can't afford the trip."
(b) He said, "It's too expensive in the east."
(c) He said, "there are too many big cities in the east."
(d) He said "nah, trees make me nervous."

3. On what kind of sandwich did Grover often make for which Dan complimented him?
(a) Baloney sandwich.
(b) Roast Beef sandwich.
(c) Tuna fish sandwich.
(d) Peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

4. Why did the woman from New York say the Red Road books were not helpful in finding out about the Indians?
(a) The Indians in the book weren't like the "movie Indians."
(b) The Indians sounded "flat and uninteresting" in the books.
(c) She didn't care to learn the truth about the Lakota people.
(d) She didn't trust a book written by a white man.

5. What chief in Montana was mentioned?
(a) Chief Black Elk.
(b) Chief Lone Wolf.
(c) Chief Joseph.
(d) Chief Running Bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Grover wear his hair?

2. What sentence, according to Nerburn, sums up America?

3. How many people were in the front seat of the pickup?

4. What was important when Indians fought other Indians?

5. What did Grover, Dan and Nerburn have for lunch at Grover's house?

(see the answer key)

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