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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. Describe Nerburn's immediate family.

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

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

4. What color was Grover's Buick?

5. How did the Indians measure people when times were bad?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. What happened to Nerburn's black Nissan truck when he got back in it to drive away?

8. Describe Grover.

9. 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?

10. What were some of the things discussed by Dan and Grover and Nerburn as they watched an old cowboy and Indian movie on television?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Explain how Dan felt about being called Indian. Did he object? Would he rather be called a Native American?

2) What did Dan have to say about the origin of Indians? Did he agree they came across a land bridge over the Bering Strait? What reasons did he give?

3) How did Dan say the Europeans exterminate Indians?

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