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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 do white men want from the Indians now?

2. What shape was Sitting Bull's Monument?

3. What was good after the terrible storm?

4. What color did Nerburn say the morning sky was?

5. What color was Delvin's and Danelle's pickup?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Grover's drive to Annie's house in the beginning of Chapter 20.

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

4. Dan said the white people had made them blanket Indians hanging around the trading post for handouts. What did he say they were now?

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

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

7. Describe Annie.

8. What did Dan answer when Nerburn asked him if the Pow Wow was their destination?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Describe Sitting Bull's Monument. What was in front of it? Where was it located?

2) Write something about the Polish immigrant and his carving.

3) Describe the difference between leaders and rulers according to Dan.

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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