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

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

3. In what year was the book updated?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2002.

4. In what year was the book published?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1992.

5. How did Grover wear his hair?
(a) In a pony tail.
(b) Long and straggly hanging loose.
(c) In a crew cut.
(d) Medium length parted at the side.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Indians feel the Creator disapproved of that the white man did?

2. Where did Fatback live?

3. What did the Lakota people call the Creator?

4. What was inside the three-sided wooden structure Nerburn came across on his motorcycle trip?

5. Why does Dan feel he should forgive the white man?

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