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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. According to Dan, the Creator love the smell of what?

2. What did Dan's Indian friends call Nerburn?

3. What was Grover's answer when Dan asked him why he didn't have any junk cars in his yard?

4. What did Dan's granddaughter put in the breakfast oatmeal?

5. What color was Nerburn's truck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in Grover's Buick on the way back that moved Nerburn to tears.

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

3. Describe Grover's house.

4. Describe where Nerburn's Nissan truck ended up.

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

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

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

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

9. What was Grover's answer when Dan asked him why he didn't have any junk cars in his yard and what was he referring to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of these three topics:

1) What are some of the criticisms Dan had about Nerburn in the chapter, "Welcome to our Land"?

2) What did the grandfathers tell Dan? What did they give him?

3) What gift did the Creator give Dan? What did Dan's father say about the gift?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Describe the difference between white history and Indian history.

2) Why was Jesus important to Indians?

3) Describe the storm the three men went through sitting in Grover's Buick. How did each of them react to the storm?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these three topics:

1) What did Dan say about Indians who sell sacred objects of their people?

2) Describe the grassy field where the Pow Wow was going to be held and what was on it.

3) How did being in the Navy influence Grover?

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