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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 was the name of the old Indian's dog?
(a) Old Faithful.
(b) Round Tummy.
(c) Fatback.
(d) Old Yeller.

2. Why did the woman from New York say the Red Road books were not helpful in finding out about the Indians?
(a) The Indians in the book weren't like the "movie Indians."
(b) She didn't care to learn the truth about the Lakota people.
(c) The Indians sounded "flat and uninteresting" in the books.
(d) She didn't trust a book written by a white man.

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

4. What was outside of the Old Indian's house?
(a) Two cars, one on blocks.
(b) An outhouse.
(c) A small vegetable garden.
(d) A large Cadillac.

5. What was the Indian philosophy of ownership?
(a) You owned it as long as you needed it then passed it on.
(b) If you owned a lot of things others looked up to you,.
(c) No one dare violate one's ownership of something.
(d) The more things you owned, the better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Grover and Dan do as the car passed through the evening landscape?

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

3. What is the lie of the good man, according to Dan?

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

5. What criticisms did Grover have for the first chapters Nerburn wrote?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the telephone call Nerburn got.

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

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