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

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

3. On what kind of sandwich did Grover often make for which Dan complimented him?
(a) Baloney sandwich.
(b) Roast Beef sandwich.
(c) Peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
(d) Tuna fish sandwich.

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

5. What color was Grover's Buick?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gold.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Fatback live?

3. When Delvin asked Nerburn if he was writing a book like Black Elk Speaks, what did he answer?

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

5. When was a man supposed to wear an eagle feather?

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