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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many times did Dan take a pinch of tobacco and offer it to the wind?
(a) Three times.
(b) Six times.
(c) Seven times.
(d) Four times.

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

5. What were the seven stars supposed to have taught the Lakota?
(a) How to kill seven bears.
(b) How to have seven council fires.
(c) How to chant seven prayers.
(d) How to have seven children.

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

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

8. How did Dan's grandfathers give him the song?
(a) In a dream.
(b) From bird song.
(c) In the wind.
(d) From the earth.

9. What was the object wrapped in a blanket that Grover took out of his trunk?
(a) A dream-catcher.
(b) A song book.
(c) An Indian head-dress.
(d) A drum.

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

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

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

13. What was the name of Danelle's mother?
(a) Lucille.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Mary.

14. How was the land to the east of the Missouri river different from the land to the west?
(a) It was more fertile.
(b) It was formed by a glacier.
(c) It was a land of freedom rather than labor.
(d) It was a land of dreamers.

15. Describe Danelle.
(a) Medium-build and not very attractive.
(b) Voluptuous with a movie star's beauty.
(c) Plump with bright shiny black eyes.
(d) Skinny with the gaunt beauty of a bar queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a wipoye?

2. Whose name was written on another side of the monument?

3. Who shot Sitting Bull?

4. How many rooms did Annie's house have?

5. What did Bobbie train Fatback to do?

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