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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Grover insist they order at the truck stop?
(a) Bacon double cheeseburgers and fries.
(b) Fried eggs and bacon.
(c) Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches and fries.
(d) Pancakes and sausages.

2. When was a man supposed to wear an eagle feather?
(a) During a Pow Wow.
(b) When he found it in nature.
(c) When he earned it in battle or a veteran gave it to him.
(d) When his mother gave it to him.

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

4. 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) Telemann's C Minor Mass.
(d) Mozart's Coronation Mass.

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

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

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

8. What did the Lakota people call the Creator?
(a) The Great Spirit.
(b) Walka Tenken.
(c) Watiki Tokan.
(d) Wakan Tanka.

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

10. What was the Indian philosophy of ownership?
(a) If you owned a lot of things others looked up to you,.
(b) You owned it as long as you needed it then passed it on.
(c) No one dare violate one's ownership of something.
(d) The more things you owned, the better.

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

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

13. In what year was the book updated?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2004.

14. Describe the Hippie man.
(a) He was fat with two braids.
(b) He was big and brawny with a long straight ponytail.
(c) He was medium-build with long stringy hair.
(d) He was gaunt with a braided ponytail.

15. What color hatband was on Grover's cowboy hat?
(a) Turquoise.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Navy blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous person from overseas saw "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show"?

2. According to Dan, what did the white man do to the land?

3. Why did Dan feel it was stupid to be called an Indian?

4. Where was Grover's house located?

5. How did Nerburn feel when he was among the Indians?

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