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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. What was outside of the Old Indian's house?

2. What sentence, according to Nerburn, sums up America?

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

4. What was the title of one of the books Nerburn wrote after working on the reservation?

5. How much did Dan's grandmother receive for sitting on a blanket and having her picture taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who passed Grover as he drove 45 mph on the trip they were taking?

2. What did Dan tell Nerburn about the prairie dogs?

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

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

5. Describe Grover's house.

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

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

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

9. Describe Dan's house.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of these three topics:

1) How can a white person become like an Indian, according to Dan?

2) `Discuss the reasons Dan rebuked Nerburn for asking the Indian they picked up whether he was going to Sitting Bull's Memorial? How did it relate to how Southerners still view the Civil War?

3) Describe Sitting Bull and then tell about his murder. Why was he a great leader?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Describe Sitting Bull's Monument. What was in front of it? Where was it located?

2) Write something about the Polish immigrant and his carving.

3) Describe the difference between leaders and rulers according to Dan.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these three topics:

1) How did the Indians treat white men when they first came to Indian land? How did white men -- French, Spanish and English -- treat the Indians?

2) What kind of a ride did they have after Nerburn asked to make a phone call and Grover said "short cut"? Why did Grover call his car "Shunka kan"?

3) What did Dan reveal about "Tatanka," the buffalo which they spotted on the side of a hill?

4) Choose two of the topics to write on.

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