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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. Why does Dan feel he should forgive the white man?
(a) He pities the white man as an inferior being.
(b) He feels he has no alternative but to forgive.
(c) The land, the mountain and forest teach him to heal and forgive.
(d) He feels he might do what they did if in their place.

2. How do Dan and the Lakota people feel about being called Indians?
(a) They are amused.
(b) They are fighting mad.
(c) They are highly insulted.
(d) They don't care about something like a name.

3. What did the Lakota people call the Creator?
(a) Wakan Tanka.
(b) The Great Spirit.
(c) Walka Tenken.
(d) Watiki Tokan.

4. In what kind of vehicle was the Hippie family traveling?
(a) An old van with an Indian scene painted on its side.
(b) A green school bus with red curtains.
(c) A blue Volkswagen.
(d) An old station wagon with a dream-catcher hangin in it.

5. What was Nerburn's first inclination to do after leaving his Nissan at Jumbo's?
(a) He wanted to take the trip with Grover and Dan.
(b) He wanted to stay in the village and explore it.
(c) He wanted to go to Dan's house and work on the book.
(d) He wanted to go to the motel and sleep till it was over.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the woman from New York say the Red Road books were not helpful in finding out about the Indians?

2. What did Nerburn use to pack his belongings?

3. How old was Grover?

4. According to Dan, the Creator love the smell of what?

5. What did Dan and Grover say about Jumbo's ability to fix Nerburn's NIssan truck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dan's house.

2. Describe Grover's house.

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

4. What was Grover's answer when Dan asked him why he didn't have any junk cars in his yard and what was he referring to?

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

6. Who passed Grover as he drove 45 mph on the trip they were taking?

7. Dan asked Nerburn to read one of the papers he had written using the Elder's notes and clippings. Describe that paper.

8. What did Nerburn find when he returned to Dan's house several months later?

9. What did Dan give Nerburn and what did Nerburn do with them?

10. 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?

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