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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dan asked what Gitchi-gumi was, what did Nerburn answer?
(a) Lake Ontario.
(b) Lake Superior.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) Lake Huron.

2. What kind of horses were all the Indians in the television cowboy movie riding?
(a) Black horses.
(b) Wild horses.
(c) Pintos.
(d) Palominos.

3. What was in the yard to the left of Grover's house?
(a) An old, rusted truck
(b) A perfectly ordered woodpile.
(c) A small garden.
(d) A wagon wheel.

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

5. Why did the Lakota Elder want to talk with Nerburn?
(a) He was interested in white people.
(b) He wanted to invite him to a pow wow.
(c) He had seen the two books Nerburn had written.
(d) He was curious about Nerburn's interest in the Lakota.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the Indian philosophy of ownership?

3. In what year was the book updated?

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

5. What do white people fear that Indians do not and even cultivate?

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