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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 kind of truck did Nerburn own?

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

3. What movie star did Dan like?

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

5. When all the sacred Indian ceremonies are gone what will be left according to Dan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the white lady Grover mentioned and what had she wanted to do?

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

3. 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?

4. Describe Grover's house.

5. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Dan's house.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of these questions as essay topics.

1) List and describe all the contents of Dan's shoe boxes. What is their purpose?

2) Describe Grover. How is he important to the book?

3) What did Dan write about how Indians learned about forgiveness from the land in the paper Nerburn read aloud?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these three topics:

1) What are some of the additional personal things Nerburn learns about Dan at Annie's house?

2) What does Danelle say about Indian women?

3) Describe how Whites handle racism differently than Indians. Include mention of half-breeds, quarter-breeds and other ethnic blending and how Indian children were separated into groups at the white boarding schools.

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