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

2. Why did Dan feel it was stupid to be called an Indian?
(a) Because Columbus thought he had found the East Indies.
(b) Because he was really a Native American.
(c) Because it wasn't a Lakota term.
(d) Because it was demeaning.

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

4. What New England writer did Dan bring up in the conversation?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Alcott.
(d) Mary Baker Eddy.

5. On what reservation had Nerburn worked several years before?
(a) The Sacred Buffalo Reservation,
(b) The Dakota Black Hills Reservation.
(c) The Red Dog Reservation.
(d) The Red Lake Objibwe Reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Grover's couch?

2. What was outside of the Old Indian's house?

3. What was the worst thing the white man brought to the Indians according to Dan?

4. About how old was the Indian they picked up on their way to Sitting Bull's Burial Site?

5. How was the land to the east of the Missouri river different from the land to the west?

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