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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the most important assets Nerburn had in writing the book?
(a) The pen and the tape recorder.
(b) Dan's notes and clippings in the shoebox.
(c) His love and respect of Indians.
(d) His previous experience with the Lakota.

2. What do white people fear that Indians do not and even cultivate?
(a) Jokes.
(b) Silence.
(c) Arguments.
(d) Legends.

3. What Indian had counseled reaching out a hand of peace to the white people?
(a) Black Stag.
(b) Black Kettle.
(c) Running Horse.
(d) Sitting Bull.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what did Grover compare the white man's religious Communion in the Lakota society?

3. On what kind of sandwich did Grover often make for which Dan complimented him?

4. On what reservation had Nerburn worked several years before?

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

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