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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dan asked what Gitchi-gumi was, what did Nerburn answer?
(a) Lake Michigan.
(b) Lake Huron.
(c) Lake Ontario.
(d) Lake Superior.

2. What adjective did Nerburn use to describe what white people thought Indians were with which Dan agreed?
(a) Brave.
(b) Wild.
(c) Exotic.
(d) Dangerous.

3. What was Nerburn's first inclination to do after leaving his Nissan at Jumbo's?
(a) He wanted to stay in the village and explore it.
(b) He wanted to go to the motel and sleep till it was over.
(c) He wanted to go to Dan's house and work on the book.
(d) He wanted to take the trip with Grover and Dan.

4. What does "wakan" mean in English?
(a) Sacred or filled with power.
(b) Far away.
(c) Secret or hidden.
(d) Young or innocent.

5. What did the Lakota people consider a sacred offering?
(a) Buffalo hides.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Maize.
(d) River stones.

6. What did Nerburn use to pack his belongings?
(a) A black canvas bag.
(b) A blue Samsonite suitcase.
(c) A small brown valise.
(d) A green aviator's bag.

7. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?
(a) Haskell.
(b) North Dakota U.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) Yale.

8. What famous person from overseas saw "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show"?
(a) The King of Denmark.
(b) The Queen of England.
(c) The King of England.
(d) The Queen of Belgium.

9. What request did the Indian woman have when she called Nerburn?
(a) She asked him to sell her his two books.
(b) She asked him to speak to her grandfather on the phone,.
(c) She asked him to visit her grandfather, an Elder.
(d) She asked him if she could visit him.

10. Who did Nerburn sit next to in the Buick on the trip?
(a) Fatback.
(b) Dan.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Grover.

11. Dan's lifestyle was like whose?
(a) The Lakota tribe's.
(b) Grover's.
(c) His granddaughter's.
(d) Fatack's.

12. When all the sacred Indian ceremonies are gone what will be left according to Dan?
(a) Their families.
(b) Their hearts.
(c) Their sorrows.
(d) Their memories.

13. 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."

14. In what year was the book published?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1995.

15. Of what piece of music was Nerburn reminded as they drove through the deepening evening?
(a) Bach's B Minor Mass.
(b) Handel's Messiah.
(c) Mozart's Coronation Mass.
(d) Telemann's C Minor Mass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Indian people did Dan say were killing Indians?

2. What did Dan's granddaughter put in the breakfast oatmeal?

3. What was the only sign of industriousness that could be seen in the village?

4. Describe the Hippie man.

5. What did Dan particularly not like about Hippies?

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