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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 do Dan and the Lakota people feel about being called Indians?
(a) They are fighting mad.
(b) They are highly insulted.
(c) They don't care about something like a name.
(d) They are amused.

2. About how much did Jumbo the car mechanic weigh?
(a) 500 lbs.
(b) Well over 350 lbs.
(c) 295 lbs.
(d) Well over 400 lbs.

3. On what reservation had Nerburn worked several years before?
(a) The Dakota Black Hills Reservation.
(b) The Red Dog Reservation.
(c) The Red Lake Objibwe Reservation.
(d) The Sacred Buffalo Reservation,

4. What adjective did Nerburn use to describe what white people thought Indians were with which Dan agreed?
(a) Exotic.
(b) Wild.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Brave.

5. How much did Dan's grandmother receive for sitting on a blanket and having her picture taken?
(a) Fifty cents.
(b) A quarter.
(c) A dime.
(d) A nickel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Fatback live?

2. What color was Grover's couch?

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

4. What did Dan and Grover say about Jumbo's ability to fix Nerburn's NIssan truck?

5. What are "pispiza"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Indians wear long hair?

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

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

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

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

8. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

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

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

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