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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24 through 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dan and Grover say about Jumbo's ability to fix Nerburn's NIssan truck?
(a) They said he'd either fix it or kill it.
(b) They said he'd fix it and rent it out till Nerburn returned.
(c) They said he'd probably sell it.
(d) They said he'd never be able to fix it.

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

3. What do white men want from the Indians now?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) The minerals and forests.
(d) Turquoise.

4. Why did the Lakota Elder want to talk with Nerburn?
(a) He was curious about Nerburn's interest in the Lakota.
(b) He wanted to invite him to a pow wow.
(c) He was interested in white people.
(d) He had seen the two books Nerburn had written.

5. What criticisms did Grover have for the first chapters Nerburn wrote?
(a) They were too short and used large words.
(b) They were not authentic and full of lies.
(c) They were too poetic and fancy.
(d) They sounded too much like stories of "movie Indians."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ziolkowski?

2. What did Nerburn use to pack his belongings?

3. What was in the yard to the left of Grover's house?

4. According to Dan, the Creator love the smell of what?

5. What sentence, according to Nerburn, sums up America?

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