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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were in the front seat of the pickup?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

2. What did Grover sprinkle in the fire that the bad spirits hated?
(a) Clover.
(b) Sage.
(c) Evergreen needles.
(d) Thistles.

3. What did Grover whisper after the ferocious storm had subsided?
(a) "The Storm Chief."
(b) "Wakan Tanka."
(c) "Thank you Great Creator."
(d) "The Winged One."

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

5. What did Bobbie train Fatback to do?
(a) Roll over.
(b) Speak.
(c) Sit up.
(d) Stay.

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

7. What was strewn around the base of the obelisk?
(a) Plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
(b) Prayer notes.
(c) Wilted flowers.
(d) Plastic flowers.

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

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

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

11. How old was Annie?
(a) About 65.
(b) About 55.
(c) Almost as old as Dan.
(d) About 59.

12. How many times did Dan stop on his walk around the fenced area?
(a) Nine times.
(b) Seven times.
(c) Eight times.
(d) Ten times.

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

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

15. In December of what year did the massacre at Wounded Knee take place?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1889.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the object wrapped in a blanket that Grover took out of his trunk?

2. What did Nerburn feel was a comfort and protection from the thoughts of the dying women and children at Wounded Knee?

3. What question did Nerburn ask the Indian which he shouldn't have asked?

4. What was the Wanekia?

5. How did Dan's grandfathers give him the song?

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