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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nerburn got a phone call from whom in Chapter 1?
(a) His son.
(b) His publisher.
(c) An Indian Elder.
(d) An Indian woman.

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

3. Where did Fatback live?
(a) Under Dan's front porch.
(b) In an old wooden dog house.
(c) In a dirt hollow she had dug beneath the junk car.
(d) In the house with Dan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Nerburn feel when he was among the Indians?

2. What did Dan's Indian friends call Nerburn?

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

4. What request did the Indian woman have when she called Nerburn?

5. How were the reservations defined on Nerburn's map?

(see the answer key)

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