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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 did Nerburn buy at the local store before proceeding to the old Indian's house?
(a) A pack of chewing gum.
(b) A soda.
(c) A candy bar.
(d) A pack of Prince Albert tobacco.

2. What did the Indians feel the Creator disapproved of that the white man did?
(a) Make silly, stereotyped Indian movies.
(b) Dress differently and have different customs.
(c) Offer money for land.
(d) Not honor the Indians and their ways.

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

4. What did Dan's Indian friends call Nerburn?
(a) Grizzly Adams.
(b) Intruder.
(c) City boy.
(d) White man.

5. What was outside of the Old Indian's house?
(a) An outhouse.
(b) A large Cadillac.
(c) Two cars, one on blocks.
(d) A small vegetable garden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why didn't Nerburn play cards?

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

4. What is the lie of the good man, according to Dan?

5. How old was Grover?

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