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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. How many murdered Lakota people were buried at Wounded Knee?

2. With whom did Sitting Bull's people join when they went south to avoid the soldiers?

3. How many times did Dan take a pinch of tobacco and offer it to the wind?

4. What gift had the Creator given Dan?

5. What was the song that Dan chanted about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the storm affect the three men?

2. Describe Annie.

3. Dan said the trouble wasn't alcohol for the Indians. What did he say the trouble was?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe what Dan means when he talks about white mens' cages?

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

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) Describe the difference between the two sides of the Missouri River.

2) How did Indians view Jesus?

3) Describe Annie's house.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these three topics:

1) How did the Indians treat white men when they first came to Indian land? How did white men -- French, Spanish and English -- treat the Indians?

2) What kind of a ride did they have after Nerburn asked to make a phone call and Grover said "short cut"? Why did Grover call his car "Shunka kan"?

3) What did Dan reveal about "Tatanka," the buffalo which they spotted on the side of a hill?

4) Choose two of the topics to write on.

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