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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. What was inside the three-sided wooden structure Nerburn came across on his motorcycle trip?
(a) Three stones with Lakota traditions inscribed in them.
(b) An offering of free fruits and vegetables to passers-by.
(c) A wood carving of a Lakota Indian.
(d) A sacred Lakota buffalo rock.

2. What was the name of the old Indian's dog?
(a) Old Yeller.
(b) Fatback.
(c) Old Faithful.
(d) Round Tummy.

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

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

5. What did Dan's granddaughter put in the breakfast oatmeal?
(a) Honey.
(b) Milk.
(c) Bacon grease.
(d) Sugar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Nerburn play cards?

2. What were Dan and Nerburn listening to as they sat on Dan's front porch?

3. In what year was the book updated?

4. According to Dan, the Creator love the smell of what?

5. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?

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