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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the only sign of industriousness that could be seen in the village?
(a) The gardens behind each house.
(b) The cleanly swept sidewalks in front of the houses.
(c) The line of laundry flapping in the wind behind each house.
(d) The men working on their cars.

2. When Dan asked what Gitchi-gumi was, what did Nerburn answer?
(a) Lake Ontario.
(b) Lake Superior.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) Lake Huron.

3. What did the guys in Grover's unit call him when he was in Korea?
(a) Indian.
(b) Red man.
(c) Chief.
(d) Lakota.

4. What was Grover doing when Dan and Nerburn came to visit him?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Fixing his Buick.
(c) Watching a black and white cowboy movie on television.
(d) Reading one of Nerburn's books.

5. Why did the Lakota Elder want to talk with Nerburn?
(a) He was interested in white people.
(b) He had seen the two books Nerburn had written.
(c) He wanted to invite him to a pow wow.
(d) He was curious about Nerburn's interest in the Lakota.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the Hippie man.

2. What did Dan particularly not like about Hippies?

3. Dan's lifestyle was like whose?

4. Where did Fatback live?

5. What were the most important assets Nerburn had in writing the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dan tell Nerburn about the prairie dogs?

2. Describe the houses in the Indian village Dan and Nerburn pass on their way to Grover's house.

3. Describe the landmark Nerburn came upon when riding across North Dakota on his motorcycle.

4. What were some of the things discussed by Dan and Grover and Nerburn as they watched an old cowboy and Indian movie on television?

5. Describe the scene in Grover's Buick on the way back that moved Nerburn to tears.

6. Describe Dan's house.

7. Describe Grover's house.

8. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

9. What was Dan sprinkling into the fire when Nerburn drove up to his house on the next morning in Chapter Two, "Burn Offerings" and what was the significance of this?

10. Why did Kent Nerburn want to write this book?

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