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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what was Annie working in her lap?
(a) She was taking the tops off string beans.
(b) She was making an Indian necklace.
(c) A rosary.
(d) She was shelling peas.

2. How tall was the obelisk in the middle of the plot?
(a) Nine feet tall.
(b) Eight feet tall.
(c) Seven feet tall.
(d) Ten feet tall.

3. What chief in Montana was mentioned?
(a) Chief Lone Wolf.
(b) Chief Running Bear.
(c) Chief Black Elk.
(d) Chief Joseph.

4. What did Nerburn remember as they drove toward the rocky out croppings?
(a) His conversations with Dan.
(b) His mission.
(c) His trips to Mt. Rushmore as a child.
(d) His love of the rugged nature of the countryside.

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

6. Who shot Sitting Bull?
(a) A rival tribe.
(b) Indian police.
(c) White men.
(d) Apaches.

7. What gift did April give Nerburn?
(a) A bright stone.
(b) A feather.
(c) A drawing.
(d) Some wild flowers.

8. What adjective did Dan use to describe the hills where they were parked?
(a) Alive.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Entrancing.
(d) Inspiring.

9. What was in front of Sitting Bull's Monument?
(a) A square stone pillar topped by a bust.
(b) A garden.
(c) A bench.
(d) A plaque with Sitting Bull's history on it.

10. What was good after the terrible storm?
(a) Fresh winds from a different direction.
(b) Grover said a prayer in Lakota.
(c) A double rainbow.
(d) Everyone was hungry.

11. What was in the small leather bag inside Dan's shirt?
(a) A small silver picture frame with a picture of Bobbie in it.
(b) A stone.
(c) An Indian charm.
(d) A turquoise ring.

12. What question did Nerburn ask the Indian which he shouldn't have asked?
(a) He asked whether the Indian was going to the burial site.
(b) He asked the Indian if he was a Lakota.
(c) He asked the Indian what tribe he was from.
(d) He asked the Indian how old he was.

13. what did the drunk Indian woman in the restaurant in the Homestead town look like?
(a) Fat in a long long Indian skirt.
(b) Skinny in very tight jeans.
(c) Like a movie star Indian with long black hair.
(d) Medium build in jeans and a white shirt.

14. Where did Eugene's dad live?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) Kansas.

15. What did Grover put in his napkin for Fatback?
(a) Rib bones.
(b) An edge of his steak sandwich.
(c) Part of his cheeseburger.
(d) A piece of barbequed chicken without the bones.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Lakota, what happened the year the buffalo froze?

2. How did Dan describe the rolling foothills?

3. How did Danelle's parents die?

4. Why was Sitting Bull great?

5. How many people were in the front seat of the pickup?

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