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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. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?

2. What kind of truck did Nerburn own?

3. Describe the Hippie man.

4. What did Dan consider bullshit regarding the white people's way of life?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

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

5. Describe the landmark Nerburn came upon when riding across North Dakota on his motorcycle.

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

7. 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?

8. Describe Grover's house.

9. Why did Indians wear long hair?

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

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 white men choose freedom and Indians choose honor to worship? Discuss the cages Dan brought up. Are white men really free?

2) How did Dan describe the treaties which were offered to the Indians?

3) How did the whites use words against 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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