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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. Why didn't Nerburn play cards?
(a) He had never learned how to play.
(b) He disapproved of playing cards.
(c) He thought it was a waste of time.
(d) He felt it led to gambling.

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

3. How were the reservations defined on Nerburn's map?
(a) They were surrounded by solid red lines.
(b) By large black capital letters.
(c) By slightly off-colored squares surrounded by dotted lines.
(d) Each reservation was a different pastel color mass.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of one of the books Nerburn wrote after working on the reservation?

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

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

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

5. In what year was the book published?

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