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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. How did Grover wear his hair?
(a) In a pony tail.
(b) Long and straggly hanging loose.
(c) Medium length parted at the side.
(d) In a crew cut.

2. Describe the Hippie man.
(a) He was fat with two braids.
(b) He was medium-build with long stringy hair.
(c) He was big and brawny with a long straight ponytail.
(d) He was gaunt with a braided ponytail.

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

4. In what year was the book updated?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2001.

5. What did Nerburn buy at the local store before proceeding to the old Indian's house?
(a) A candy bar.
(b) A pack of chewing gum.
(c) A pack of Prince Albert tobacco.
(d) A soda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hatband was on Grover's cowboy hat?

2. What Indian people did Dan say were killing Indians?

3. Nerburn got a phone call from whom in Chapter 1?

4. What adjective did Nerburn use to describe what white people thought Indians were with which Dan agreed?

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. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

2. Explain the Indians' philosophy and practice of silence and how it differs from the white mens' way.

3. Describe the telephone call Nerburn got.

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

5. Describe Grover's house.

6. Describe Dan's house.

7. What happened to Nerburn's black Nissan truck when he got back in it to drive away?

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

9. Why did Indians wear long hair?

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

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