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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 request did the Indian woman have when she called Nerburn?
(a) She asked him to sell her his two books.
(b) She asked him if she could visit him.
(c) She asked him to visit her grandfather, an Elder.
(d) She asked him to speak to her grandfather on the phone,.

2. What did the Lakota word "wasichu" mean in English?
(a) Danger.
(b) White man.
(c) Dog.
(d) Elder.

3. What are "pispiza"?
(a) Sweet grasses.
(b) Lakota elders.
(c) Cherokee Indians.
(d) Prairie dogs.

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

5. 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 attitude toward possessions.
(c) The white people's emphasis on education.
(d) The white people's marriage customs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the Lakota Elder want to talk with Nerburn?

3. What was in the yard to the left of Grover's house?

4. Why did Dan feel it was stupid to be called an Indian?

5. What did the Lakota people call the Creator?

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