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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. In what kind of vehicle was the Hippie family traveling?

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

3. Who was in "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show" for awhile?

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

5. To what did Grover compare the white man's religious Communion in the Lakota society?

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. Describe Grover's house.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Grover.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Why was Nerburn having second thoughts about the projects? What did he do about this?

2) What was wrong with Nerburn's Nissan truck? Where did he take it to be fixed? Describe the garage and mechanic.

3) Describe the vehicles Grover passed on the trip he, Dan and Nerburn were taking. What are some of the bumper stickers they had?

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