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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What criticisms did Grover have for the first chapters Nerburn wrote?
(a) They sounded too much like stories of "movie Indians."
(b) They were not authentic and full of lies.
(c) They were too poetic and fancy.
(d) They were too short and used large words.

2. Of what piece of music was Nerburn reminded as they drove through the deepening evening?
(a) Bach's B Minor Mass.
(b) Handel's Messiah.
(c) Telemann's C Minor Mass.
(d) Mozart's Coronation Mass.

3. What are "pispiza"?
(a) Sweet grasses.
(b) Lakota elders.
(c) Prairie dogs.
(d) Cherokee Indians.

4. What color did Nerburn say the morning sky was?
(a) Light blue.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Red.
(d) Rosy.

5. How much did Dan's grandmother receive for sitting on a blanket and having her picture taken?
(a) Fifty cents.
(b) A nickel.
(c) A dime.
(d) A quarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far apart were the houses in the village?

2. What adjective did Nerburn use to describe what white people thought Indians were with which Dan agreed?

3. What did the Lakota word "wasichu" mean in English?

4. What is the lie of the good man, according to Dan?

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

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