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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. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?
(a) North Dakota U.
(b) Yale.
(c) Haskell.
(d) Notre Dame.

2. According to Dan, the Creator love the smell of what?
(a) Sweet grass sprinkled into a fire.
(b) The spring rain.
(c) The spring prairie flowers.
(d) The Indian camp fire.

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

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

5. How did Grover wear his hair?
(a) Long and straggly hanging loose.
(b) In a crew cut.
(c) In a pony tail.
(d) Medium length parted at the side.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the woman from New York say the Red Road books were not helpful in finding out about the Indians?

2. Nerburn got a phone call from whom in Chapter 1?

3. What did Dan's granddaughter put in the breakfast oatmeal?

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

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

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