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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 Grover whisper after the ferocious storm had subsided?

2. Where did Eugene's dad live?

3. What kind of a woman did Nerburn perceive Annie to be?

4. The Catholic church held a conference to determine what about Indians?

5. A flash of lightning illuminated a billboard with a quote from what book in the Bible?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What are some of the bad things the white men did to the Indians?

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

8. Name some of the signs along the road in Chapter 22.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Why did Indian children root for the cowboys in the old Cowboy and Indian movies?

2) What influence did Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show have? What famous Indian was in it? What famous foreign ruler saw it?

3) Describe "movie Indians." What were some of the funny comments made about them by the Indians?

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) 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.

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