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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 were tied to the lattice work between the arches?
(a) Ragged silk flags.
(b) Small crosses.
(c) Ragged pieces of ribbon.
(d) White silk handkerchiefs.

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

3. What did Dan take out of the trunk at Wounded Knee?
(a) A dream-catcher.
(b) A drum.
(c) A large beaded animal skin bag.
(d) A leather-bound book.

4. How did Dan describe the rolling foothills?
(a) Mother earth.
(b) White man's land.
(c) A beautiful place.
(d) Indian land.

5. What did Nerburn feel was a comfort and protection from the thoughts of the dying women and children at Wounded Knee?
(a) Thoughts of eternal life.
(b) Thoughts of his family.
(c) Memories of a happy childhood.
(d) The smoke from the pipe Dan gave him to smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. A flash of lightning illuminated a billboard with a quote from what book in the Bible?

2. What were Dan and Nerburn listening to as they sat on Dan's front porch?

3. With what was Annie working in her lap?

4. What did the Indians feel the Creator disapproved of that the white man did?

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

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