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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 say Nerburn thought too much about?
(a) Women.
(b) Time.
(c) The weather.
(d) Possessions.

2. Why did the woman from New York say the Red Road books were not helpful in finding out about the Indians?
(a) She didn't care to learn the truth about the Lakota people.
(b) She didn't trust a book written by a white man.
(c) The Indians in the book weren't like the "movie Indians."
(d) The Indians sounded "flat and uninteresting" in the books.

3. What Indian people did Dan say were killing Indians?
(a) The Indians who adopted white ways.
(b) The Indians who sold the sacred ways.
(c) The Indians who became rich and moved away.
(d) The Indians who intermarried with whites.

4. What had an old farmer in Bismarck told Nerburn when he asked why he never went east?
(a) He said "nah, trees make me nervous."
(b) He said, "I can't afford the trip."
(c) He said, "there are too many big cities in the east."
(d) He said, "It's too expensive in the east."

5. What adjective did Dan use to describe the hills where they were parked?
(a) Entrancing.
(b) Inspiring.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Spanish want from the Indians?

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

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

4. What did Dan and Grover say about Jumbo's ability to fix Nerburn's NIssan truck?

5. What did Nerburn use to pack his belongings?

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