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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shape was Sitting Bull's Monument?
(a) It was a square stone building.
(b) It was an Obelisk.
(c) It was a Mausoleum.
(d) It was an incribed bench.

2. Why couldn't Dan speak or write, according to the grandfathers?
(a) He had married a white woman.
(b) He hadn't graduated from Haskell.
(c) He wasn't poetic enough.
(d) He had too much anger.

3. What was the Wanekia?
(a) The Creator.
(b) The Messiah.
(c) The Ghost Dancer.
(d) The devil.

4. What did Dan say was the biggest thing to white people?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Sex.
(c) Race.
(d) Religion.

5. To what was the monument at Wounded Knee dedicated?
(a) The Memory of Chief Lone Wolf.
(b) The Memory of Chief Joseph.
(c) The Memory of Chief Black Elk.
(d) The Memory of the Big Foot Massacre.

6. How many dogs did Annie have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

7. Where did Sitting Bull's people come from?
(a) West of the Missouri.
(b) The Badlands.
(c) Kansas.
(d) South Dakota.

8. How old was Delvin?
(a) In his late twenties.
(b) In his early forties.
(c) In his late thirties.
(d) About 32.

9. How old is April?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

10. What did Dan do each time he stopped on his walk around the fenced area?
(a) Sang a song in Lakota.
(b) Tied a small cloth bundle from his bag to the fence.
(c) Chanted a prayer in Lakota.
(d) Prayed to the North, South, East and West.

11. What is Paha Sapa?
(a) A Lakota religious ceremony.
(b) Mount Rushmore.
(c) The Lakota sacred center of the universe.
(d) The most sacred Lakota prayer.

12. What reason did Nerburn give for not wearing a watch?
(a) They make him nervous.
(b) He keeps losing them.
(c) They feel heavy on the wrist.
(d) They make him too aware of time.

13. What did Sitting Bull's monument overlook?
(a) A Homestead town.
(b) The Missouri River Valley.
(c) A Lakota settlement.
(d) The Kansas plains.

14. How large was the plot of ground inside the pillars and bordered by cement?
(a) 80 ft. long and 8 ft. wide.
(b) 60 ft. long and 5 ft. wide.
(c) 90 ft. long and 7 ft. wide.
(d) 70 ft. long and 6 ft. wide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Sitting Bull's people join when they went south to avoid the soldiers?

2. What were the seven stars supposed to have taught the Lakota?

3. Describe Danelle.

4. What was the worst thing the white man brought to the Indians according to Dan?

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

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