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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Lakota people consider a sacred offering?
(a) Maize.
(b) Buffalo hides.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) River stones.

2. When Dan asked what Gitchi-gumi was, what did Nerburn answer?
(a) Lake Michigan.
(b) Lake Superior.
(c) Lake Ontario.
(d) Lake Huron.

3. What tribe of Indians were the cowboys fighting in the movie Grover was watching?
(a) Comanches.
(b) Apaches.
(c) Navajos.
(d) Lakotas.

4. What did Dan consider bullshit regarding the white people's way of life?
(a) The white people's emphasis on education.
(b) The white people's attitude toward possessions.
(c) The white people's marriage customs.
(d) The white people's way of raising their children.

5. What was the Indian philosophy of ownership?
(a) No one dare violate one's ownership of something.
(b) The more things you owned, the better.
(c) If you owned a lot of things others looked up to you,.
(d) You owned it as long as you needed it then passed it on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of one of the books Nerburn wrote after working on the reservation?

2. What sentence, according to Nerburn, sums up America?

3. On what kind of sandwich did Grover often make for which Dan complimented him?

4. What did Grover, Dan and Nerburn have for lunch at Grover's house?

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

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