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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Catholic church held a conference to determine what about Indians?
(a) If they could go to heaven.
(b) If intermarriage with white Catholics should be allowed.
(c) Whether they were people or animals.
(d) If they should be allowed to receive Communion.

2. What did Nerburn dream about at Wounded Knee?
(a) A magical deer.
(b) A multi-colored bird.
(c) A Pegasus.
(d) His son.

3. What did Dan take out of the trunk at Wounded Knee?
(a) A large beaded animal skin bag.
(b) A dream-catcher.
(c) A drum.
(d) A leather-bound book.

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

5. When Delvin asked Nerburn if he was writing a book like Black Elk Speaks, what did he answer?
(a) Maybe, "Black Dog Speaks."
(b) No, his book would be different.
(c) "More like Sitting Bull Speaks."
(d) Yes, he was writing a similar book.

6. Of what did the latticework arch between the two pillars at Wounded Knee remind Nerburn?
(a) The tracery over Nazi death camps.
(b) The entrance to amusement parks.
(c) The entrance to a western ranch.
(d) The entrance to a rich person's home in the east.

7. Whose name was written on another side of the monument?
(a) "Crazy Horse."
(b) "Horncloud."
(c) "Black Elk."
(d) "Stormcloud."

8. What do white men want from the Indians now?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Turquoise.
(d) The minerals and forests.

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

10. Why does Dan say he's sorry for saying those things to Nerburn?
(a) It makes Dan angry and Nerburn feel bad.
(b) He considers Nerburn a friend.
(c) It doesn't make any difference in the facts.
(d) It's not good for Indian-White relationships.

11. What racial slur did Nerburn overhear in the Homestead town restaurant?
(a) "Savages."
(b) "Red Skins."
(c) "Prairie NIggers."
(d) "Half-breeds."

12. What burial site did they head for after leaving the Homestead town?
(a) Running Wolf's Burial Site.
(b) Sitting Bull's Burial Site.
(c) Lone Wolf's Burial Site.
(d) Black Elk's Burial Site.

13. What did the French want from the Indians?
(a) Land.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Furs.

14. To what did Nerburn compare what was happening on the grassy field below them in Chapter 12?
(a) A WWI battle scene.
(b) A musical performance.
(c) A medieval battlefield.
(d) A family reunion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the land to the east of the Missouri river different from the land to the west?

2. Grover had a tattoo of what on his right arm?

3. What is waziya?

4. What gift had the Creator given Dan?

5. What did Grover sprinkle in the fire that the bad spirits hated?

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