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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 sentence, according to Nerburn, sums up America?
(a) "From sea to shining sea."
(b) "What's in it for me?"
(c) "We are number one."
(d) "We are the land of the free."

2. What did Wenonah suggest Nerburn do?
(a) Start cooking the meals for her and Dan.
(b) Give up writing the book.
(c) Become an honorary member of the Lakota tribe.
(d) Sleep under the car.

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

4. What did Dan consider bullshit regarding the white people's way of life?
(a) The white people's way of raising their children.
(b) The white people's marriage customs.
(c) The white people's attitude toward possessions.
(d) The white people's emphasis on education.

5. What was the title of one of the books Nerburn wrote after working on the reservation?
(a) Our Mother Earth.
(b) The Forgotten People.
(c) To Walk the Red Road.
(d) Tales of the Elders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only sign of industriousness that could be seen in the village?

2. What does "wakan" mean in English?

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

4. What was inside the three-sided wooden structure Nerburn came across on his motorcycle trip?

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

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