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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. On what kind of sandwich did Grover often make for which Dan complimented him?
(a) Roast Beef sandwich.
(b) Baloney sandwich.
(c) Peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
(d) Tuna fish sandwich.

2. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?
(a) North Dakota U.
(b) Haskell.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) Yale.

3. What tribe of Indians were the cowboys fighting in the movie Grover was watching?
(a) Apaches.
(b) Lakotas.
(c) Navajos.
(d) Comanches.

4. According to Dan, what did the white man do to the land?
(a) Disrespected it.
(b) Turned it into property.
(c) Developed it.
(d) Didn't love it.

5. What do white people fear that Indians do not and even cultivate?
(a) Silence.
(b) Arguments.
(c) Legends.
(d) Jokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sentence, according to Nerburn, sums up America?

2. What did Dan particularly not like about Hippies?

3. What did the guys in Grover's unit call him when he was in Korea?

4. Describe the Hippie man.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. Why did Indians wear long hair?

6. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

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

8. By what means did white men attempt to exterminate the Indians?

9. 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?

10. Describe Dan's house.

(see the answer keys)

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