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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dan rebuke Nerburn about in Chapter 12?
(a) Not listening.
(b) Being too white.
(c) Talking too much.
(d) Wandering off.

2. 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) The Forgotten People.
(d) Our Mother Earth.

3. What was the author doing when the seed for this book was planted in his mind?
(a) Riding his motorcycle across North Dakota in August.
(b) Day-dreaming about Indians and their values.
(c) Sitting on his front porch watching the sun set.
(d) Re-reading the other books he had written about Indians.

4. How many people were in the front seat of the pickup?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

5. What kind of horses were all the Indians in the television cowboy movie riding?
(a) Black horses.
(b) Pintos.
(c) Wild horses.
(d) Palominos.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what reservation had Nerburn worked several years before?

2. What was the object wrapped in a blanket that Grover took out of his trunk?

3. How did Nerburn feel when he was among the Indians?

4. What did the Spanish want from the Indians?

5. What gift did April give Nerburn?

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