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

2. In what year was the book published?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1994.

3. What was inside the three-sided wooden structure Nerburn came across on his motorcycle trip?
(a) Three stones with Lakota traditions inscribed in them.
(b) An offering of free fruits and vegetables to passers-by.
(c) A sacred Lakota buffalo rock.
(d) A wood carving of a Lakota Indian.

4. What were the most important assets Nerburn had in writing the book?
(a) His love and respect of Indians.
(b) Dan's notes and clippings in the shoebox.
(c) His previous experience with the Lakota.
(d) The pen and the tape recorder.

5. Nerburn got a phone call from whom in Chapter 1?
(a) An Indian woman.
(b) His publisher.
(c) His son.
(d) An Indian Elder.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dan, what did the white man do to the land?

2. What Indian had counseled reaching out a hand of peace to the white people?

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

4. What drug did Nerburn take in the sixties that mimicked the experience Dan had listening to the dead?

5. What did Dan consider bullshit regarding the white people's way of life?

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