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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 did Dan consider bullshit regarding the white people's way of life?
(a) The white people's way of raising their children.
(b) The white people's attitude toward possessions.
(c) The white people's emphasis on education.
(d) The white people's marriage customs.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. What was Grover's answer when Dan asked him why he didn't have any junk cars in his yard?
(a) I don't like junk.
(b) I like a neat yard.
(c) That's what being in the service did to me.
(d) I don't have a dog.

5. Nerburn got a phone call from whom in Chapter 1?
(a) An Indian Elder.
(b) His publisher.
(c) His son.
(d) An Indian woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the book published?

2. How old was Grover?

3. According to Dan, what did the white man do to the land?

4. What was the name of the old Indian's dog?

5. What movie star did Dan like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why wasn't Grover bothered by the presence of the Hippies?

2. Who was the white lady Grover mentioned and what had she wanted to do?

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

4. When Nerburn went to Dan's house the next day to tell him he was leaving what did he find?

5. Where was Nerburn sitting in Grover's Buick on the trip he took with Grover and Dan and what was he doing?

6. What were some of the reasons why Nerburn considered going home after his lunch with Grover and Dan?

7. Describe the telephone call Nerburn got.

8. 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?

9. Describe the "wannabe" Hippies they ran into at the truck stop.

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

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