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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Wanekia?
(a) The devil.
(b) The Creator.
(c) The Ghost Dancer.
(d) The Messiah.

2. How much did Dan's grandmother receive for sitting on a blanket and having her picture taken?
(a) A nickel.
(b) A quarter.
(c) Fifty cents.
(d) A dime.

3. What color did Nerburn say the morning sky was?
(a) Rosy.
(b) Light blue.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Red.

4. What did Grover and Dan do as the car passed through the evening landscape?
(a) They whispered seeming secrets in Lakota.
(b) Grover drove but Dan fell asleep.
(c) They started telling jokes about white people.
(d) They sang plaintive, warbling songs in Lakota.

5. What did Dan like about Nerburn?
(a) He was thoughtful.
(b) He wasn't trying to be an Indian.
(c) He was quiet.
(d) He was polite.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the book updated?

2. What did the English want from the Indians?

3. What was the song that Dan chanted about?

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

5. What racial slur did Nerburn overhear in the Homestead town restaurant?

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