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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Nerburn feel when he was among the Indians?
(a) Angry and aggressive.
(b) Curious and defensive.
(c) Happy and honored.
(d) Anxious and fearful.

2. To what did Grover compare the white man's religious Communion in the Lakota society?
(a) The spring crop.
(b) Sweetgrass.
(c) Maize.
(d) Tobacco.

3. Where did Fatback live?
(a) In a dirt hollow she had dug beneath the junk car.
(b) In the house with Dan.
(c) Under Dan's front porch.
(d) In an old wooden dog house.

4. What was the title of one of the books Nerburn wrote after working on the reservation?
(a) To Walk the Red Road.
(b) The Forgotten People.
(c) Our Mother Earth.
(d) Tales of the Elders.

5. How far apart were the houses in the village?
(a) About a mile apart.
(b) About a half a mile apart.
(c) About 75 ft. from one another.
(d) About a quarter of a mile apart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the most important assets Nerburn had in writing the book?

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

3. What did Wenonah suggest Nerburn do?

4. Why did the woman from New York say the Red Road books were not helpful in finding out about the Indians?

5. What does "wakan" mean in English?

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