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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 were the reservations defined on Nerburn's map?
(a) They were surrounded by solid red lines.
(b) By large black capital letters.
(c) Each reservation was a different pastel color mass.
(d) By slightly off-colored squares surrounded by dotted lines.

2. According to Dan, the Creator love the smell of what?
(a) The spring rain.
(b) Sweet grass sprinkled into a fire.
(c) The Indian camp fire.
(d) The spring prairie flowers.

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

4. What kind of truck did Nerburn own?
(a) A Ford.
(b) A Buick.
(c) A Toyota.
(d) A Nissan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Lakota word "wasichu" mean in English?

2. How do Dan and the Lakota people feel about being called Indians?

3. What kind of horses were all the Indians in the television cowboy movie riding?

4. What did the guys in Grover's unit call him when he was in Korea?

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

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