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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 the song that Dan chanted about?

2. How tall was the obelisk in the middle of the plot?

3. Where did Nerburn sleep when he was at Annie's house?

4. What adjective did Dan use to describe the hills where they were parked?

5. What did Nerburn remember as they drove toward the rocky out croppings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the storm affect the three men?

2. Describe what was in the bundle Grover took out of his trunk that he and Dan unwrapped in Chapter 12, "Welcome to Our Land"?

3. Describe Annie.

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

5. What did the Indian couple that was in the restaurant in the Homestead town do to disgrace Indians?

6. Describe Annie's yard and other things outside her house.

7. Describe Danelle and Delvin, Dan's other granddaughter and her husband.

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

9. What is Paha Sapa?

10. The monument at Wounded Knee was erected in memory of what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 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?

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