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

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

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

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

5. What did Grover, Dan and Nerburn have for lunch at Grover's house?
(a) Baloney sandwiches.
(b) Roast beef sandwiches.
(c) Grape jelly and peanut butter sandwiches.
(d) Tuna fish sandwiches.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dan asked what Gitchi-gumi was, what did Nerburn answer?

2. What was outside of the Old Indian's house?

3. How did Grover wear his hair?

4. What kind of horses were all the Indians in the television cowboy movie riding?

5. According to Dan, how do white people learn?

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