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

2. Why does Dan say he's sorry for saying those things to Nerburn?

3. what did the drunk Indian woman in the restaurant in the Homestead town look like?

4. What did the English want from the Indians?

5. What was the Wanekia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Paha Sapa?

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

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

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

7. Describe the Homestead town they visited in Chapter 15.

8. Describe Annie.

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

10. Describe Annie's house.

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) 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.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Describe Annie.

2) Describe Danelle and Delvin.

3) Describe Danelle and Delvin's children.

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