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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 is the lie of the good man, according to Dan?
(a) Changing the subject of the conversation.
(b) Silence.
(c) A confession of ignorance.
(d) A white lie.

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

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

4. Dan's lifestyle was like whose?
(a) The Lakota tribe's.
(b) Grover's.
(c) Fatack's.
(d) His granddaughter's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Dan feel he should forgive the white man?

5. What does "wakan" mean in English?

(see the answer key)

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