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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. In which South Western City was there a market where rich people could buy all kinds of Indian stuff?
(a) Austin.
(b) El Paso.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Santa Fe.

2. Where did Fatback live?
(a) In a dirt hollow she had dug beneath the junk car.
(b) Under Dan's front porch.
(c) In the house with Dan.
(d) In an old wooden dog house.

3. How were the reservations defined on Nerburn's map?
(a) By slightly off-colored squares surrounded by dotted lines.
(b) Each reservation was a different pastel color mass.
(c) They were surrounded by solid red lines.
(d) By large black capital letters.

4. What color was Grover's couch?
(a) Dark red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

5. What kind of truck did Nerburn own?
(a) A Toyota.
(b) A Nissan.
(c) A Ford.
(d) A Buick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What request did the Indian woman have when she called Nerburn?

2. What was inside the three-sided wooden structure Nerburn came across on his motorcycle trip?

3. Of what piece of music was Nerburn reminded as they drove through the deepening evening?

4. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the telephone call Nerburn got.

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

3. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

4. Why did Indians wear long hair?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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