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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Indians Grover was watching on television looked like what nationality?
(a) Mexicans.
(b) Puerto Ricans.
(c) Spaniards.
(d) Italians.

2. What kind of truck did Nerburn own?
(a) A Toyota.
(b) A Ford.
(c) A Buick.
(d) A Nissan.

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

4. 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) The Indians in the book weren't like the "movie Indians."
(c) She didn't trust a book written by a white man.
(d) She didn't care to learn the truth about the Lakota people.

5. What was the author doing when the seed for this book was planted in his mind?
(a) Re-reading the other books he had written about Indians.
(b) Riding his motorcycle across North Dakota in August.
(c) Sitting on his front porch watching the sun set.
(d) Day-dreaming about Indians and their values.

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

7. In what kind of vehicle was the Hippie family traveling?
(a) A blue Volkswagen.
(b) An old station wagon with a dream-catcher hangin in it.
(c) A green school bus with red curtains.
(d) An old van with an Indian scene painted on its side.

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

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

10. What movie star did Dan like?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Hopalong Cassidy.
(c) Roy Rogers.
(d) Gene Autry.

11. What sentence, according to Nerburn, sums up America?
(a) "What's in it for me?"
(b) "We are number one."
(c) "From sea to shining sea."
(d) "We are the land of the free."

12. How much did Dan's grandmother receive for sitting on a blanket and having her picture taken?
(a) A dime.
(b) A quarter.
(c) A nickel.
(d) Fifty cents.

13. What did Grover and Dan do as the car passed through the evening landscape?
(a) They sang plaintive, warbling songs in Lakota.
(b) They whispered seeming secrets in Lakota.
(c) Grover drove but Dan fell asleep.
(d) They started telling jokes about white people.

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

15. What did Dan's Indian friends call Nerburn?
(a) City boy.
(b) White man.
(c) Intruder.
(d) Grizzly Adams.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How fast did Grover drive his Buick?

5. What color was Grover's couch?

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