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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 racial slur did Nerburn overhear in the Homestead town restaurant?

2. What did Dan rebuke Nerburn about in Chapter 12?

3. What was the object wrapped in a blanket that Grover took out of his trunk?

4. How many people were in the front seat of the pickup?

5. What did the Spanish want from the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stood in the middle of the plot that was through the pillars?

2. According to Dan, why are white people in trouble?

3. Describe what was on the grassy field below where Dan, Grover and Nerburn were parked in Chapter 12.

4. Why was Thoreau mentioned in the conversation?

5. What did Dan take out of his large bag four times during the time he circled the fenced area?

6. What did Dan take out of the trunk of the car at Wounded Knee?

7. How do whites treat history of Lincoln differently than the history of Jesus?

8. What was the advice Dan gave Nerburn in Chapter 12, "Welcome to Our Land"?

9. What did Dan say one had to do to be like an Indian?

10. Describe the inside of Annie's house.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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