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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 did the Indians feel the Creator disapproved of that the white man did?
(a) Dress differently and have different customs.
(b) Offer money for land.
(c) Make silly, stereotyped Indian movies.
(d) Not honor the Indians and their ways.

2. According to Dan, what did the white man do to the land?
(a) Developed it.
(b) Didn't love it.
(c) Turned it into property.
(d) Disrespected it.

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

4. What did Wenonah suggest Nerburn do?
(a) Become an honorary member of the Lakota tribe.
(b) Start cooking the meals for her and Dan.
(c) Sleep under the car.
(d) Give up writing the book.

5. Who was Crazy Horse?
(a) A famous Cherokee Chief.
(b) Sitting Bull's enemy.
(c) An Indian leader immortalized in a sculpture.
(d) A famous Apache Chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dan particularly not like about Hippies?

2. What criticisms did Grover have for the first chapters Nerburn wrote?

3. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?

4. Describe Nerburn's immediate family.

5. What did Dan's granddaughter put in the breakfast oatmeal?

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