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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. How do Dan and the Lakota people feel about being called Indians?
(a) They are amused.
(b) They don't care about something like a name.
(c) They are highly insulted.
(d) They are fighting mad.

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

3. How old was Grover?
(a) In his early sixties.
(b) In his late fifties.
(c) In his late thirties.
(d) In his late forties.

4. What did Dan like about Nerburn?
(a) He was quiet.
(b) He wasn't trying to be an Indian.
(c) He was polite.
(d) He was thoughtful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dan, how do white people learn?

2. What was the author doing when the seed for this book was planted in his mind?

3. What were the most important assets Nerburn had in writing the book?

4. What did the Lakota people consider a sacred offering?

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

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