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

2. What request did the Indian woman have when she called Nerburn?
(a) She asked him if she could visit him.
(b) She asked him to sell her his two books.
(c) She asked him to visit her grandfather, an Elder.
(d) She asked him to speak to her grandfather on the phone,.

3. What was the worst thing the white man brought to the Indians according to Dan?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Boarding schools for their children.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Small pox.

4. What was the title of one of the books Nerburn wrote after working on the reservation?
(a) To Walk the Red Road.
(b) Tales of the Elders.
(c) Our Mother Earth.
(d) The Forgotten People.

5. What did the French want from the Indians?
(a) Silver.
(b) Furs.
(c) Gold.
(d) Land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of truck did Nerburn own?

2. The Indians Grover was watching on television looked like what nationality?

3. What adjective did Nerburn use to describe what white people thought Indians were with which Dan agreed?

4. What question did Nerburn ask the Indian which he shouldn't have asked?

5. What did Grover insist they order at the truck stop?

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