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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. What was the only sign of industriousness that could be seen in the village?
(a) The line of laundry flapping in the wind behind each house.
(b) The men working on their cars.
(c) The gardens behind each house.
(d) The cleanly swept sidewalks in front of the houses.

2. Describe Nerburn's immediate family.
(a) A wife and two teenage daughters.
(b) A wife, a small blond daughter and a teenage boy.
(c) A wife, a teenage daughter and a young boy.
(d) A wife and two teenage sons.

3. What is the lie of the good man, according to Dan?
(a) A confession of ignorance.
(b) Changing the subject of the conversation.
(c) A white lie.
(d) Silence.

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

5. On what kind of sandwich did Grover often make for which Dan complimented him?
(a) Tuna fish sandwich.
(b) Roast Beef sandwich.
(c) Peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
(d) Baloney sandwich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dan's granddaughter put in the breakfast oatmeal?

2. How did the Indians measure people when times were bad?

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

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

5. What color hatband was on Grover's cowboy hat?

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