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

2. On what kind of sandwich did Grover often make for which Dan complimented him?

3. What kind of horses were all the Indians in the television cowboy movie riding?

4. What did Grover, Dan and Nerburn have for lunch at Grover's house?

5. What is the lie of the good man, according to Dan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

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

7. Describe Grover's house.

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Describe the Homestead town where they stopped.

2) Describe the scene with the drunken Indians in the restaurant.

3) How were Indians turned into victims by white people?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these questions as essay topics:

1) What stages did the writing of the book go through and what was the final decision on how it should be written?

2) Explain the significance of tobacco and sweet grass to the Indians. What did the Indians do with those two things?

3) Describe the different stages the white men went through in their dealings with the Indians. How did it become worse and worse?

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