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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 did Dan particularly not like about Hippies?

2. What did Dan like about Nerburn?

3. When was a man supposed to wear an eagle feather?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the telephone call Nerburn got.

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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) 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 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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