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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did Grover compare the white man's religious Communion in the Lakota society?

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

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

4. What was Nerburn's first inclination to do after leaving his Nissan at Jumbo's?

5. What did Nerburn use to pack his belongings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was in the shoe boxes Dan gave Nerburn?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the telephone call Nerburn got.

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

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

9. What did Dan say about being called an Indian?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Why did Nerburn decide to write Neither Wolf Nor Dog? What did he hope the book would do?

2) Describe Dan and Wenonah.

3) Why did Dan choose Nerburn to write the book?

4) Answer two of the three questions.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Why did Indian children root for the cowboys in the old Cowboy and Indian movies?

2) What influence did Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show have? What famous Indian was in it? What famous foreign ruler saw it?

3) Describe "movie Indians." What were some of the funny comments made about them by the Indians?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these three topics:

Choose two of these three topics:

1) What are some of the bitter memories and thoughts Dan shared with Nerburn about how white men treated Indians?

2) Describe Wounded Knee including the monument, the pillars, the latticework between the pillars, the graves and other objects at the site.

3) What are the ceremonies Dan went through after arriving at Wounded Knee?

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