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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. How old was Grover?
(a) In his late forties.
(b) In his late fifties.
(c) In his early sixties.
(d) In his late thirties.

2. In what year was the book published?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1994.

3. 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) She didn't care to learn the truth about the Lakota people.
(c) She didn't trust a book written by a white man.
(d) The Indians sounded "flat and uninteresting" in the books.

4. On what reservation had Nerburn worked several years before?
(a) The Dakota Black Hills Reservation.
(b) The Red Lake Objibwe Reservation.
(c) The Sacred Buffalo Reservation,
(d) The Red Dog Reservation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Lakota people call the Creator?

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

3. What criticisms did Grover have for the first chapters Nerburn wrote?

4. According to Dan, what did the white man do to the land?

5. What was the name of the old Indian's dog?

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