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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dan feel he should forgive the white man?
(a) He feels he might do what they did if in their place.
(b) He feels he has no alternative but to forgive.
(c) He pities the white man as an inferior being.
(d) The land, the mountain and forest teach him to heal and forgive.

2. Why did the Lakota Elder want to talk with Nerburn?
(a) He was curious about Nerburn's interest in the Lakota.
(b) He wanted to invite him to a pow wow.
(c) He was interested in white people.
(d) He had seen the two books Nerburn had written.

3. What was the author doing when the seed for this book was planted in his mind?
(a) Re-reading the other books he had written about Indians.
(b) Riding his motorcycle across North Dakota in August.
(c) Day-dreaming about Indians and their values.
(d) Sitting on his front porch watching the sun set.

4. On what reservation had Nerburn worked several years before?
(a) The Red Dog Reservation.
(b) The Sacred Buffalo Reservation,
(c) The Dakota Black Hills Reservation.
(d) The Red Lake Objibwe Reservation.

5. Why didn't Nerburn play cards?
(a) He disapproved of playing cards.
(b) He thought it was a waste of time.
(c) He had never learned how to play.
(d) He felt it led to gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Lakota people consider a sacred offering?

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

3. How did Grover wear his hair?

4. From what college did Dan's grandson graduate?

5. Where did Fatback live?

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