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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. How did Nerburn feel when he was among the Indians?
(a) Angry and aggressive.
(b) Happy and honored.
(c) Curious and defensive.
(d) Anxious and fearful.

2. What did Dan consider bullshit regarding the white people's way of life?
(a) The white people's attitude toward possessions.
(b) The white people's way of raising their children.
(c) The white people's marriage customs.
(d) The white people's emphasis on education.

3. Describe Nerburn's immediate family.
(a) A wife, a teenage daughter and a young boy.
(b) A wife and two teenage sons.
(c) A wife, a small blond daughter and a teenage boy.
(d) A wife and two teenage daughters.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Grover?

2. What color hatband was on Grover's cowboy hat?

3. When Dan asked what Gitchi-gumi was, what did Nerburn answer?

4. How far apart were the houses in the village?

5. Where was Grover's house located?

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