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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24 through 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nerburn got a phone call from whom in Chapter 1?
(a) An Indian woman.
(b) His son.
(c) His publisher.
(d) An Indian Elder.

2. What was the song that Dan chanted about?
(a) Indian legends.
(b) Anger and tears.
(c) It was an Indian love song.
(d) Great Indian chiefs.

3. How large was the plot of ground inside the pillars and bordered by cement?
(a) 60 ft. long and 5 ft. wide.
(b) 90 ft. long and 7 ft. wide.
(c) 70 ft. long and 6 ft. wide.
(d) 80 ft. long and 8 ft. wide.

4. Whose name was written on another side of the monument?
(a) "Horncloud."
(b) "Black Elk."
(c) "Stormcloud."
(d) "Crazy Horse."

5. What was Nerburn's first inclination to do after leaving his Nissan at Jumbo's?
(a) He wanted to go to Dan's house and work on the book.
(b) He wanted to stay in the village and explore it.
(c) He wanted to take the trip with Grover and Dan.
(d) He wanted to go to the motel and sleep till it was over.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Sitting Bull's people join when they went south to avoid the soldiers?

2. What is a wipoye?

3. How many times did Dan take a pinch of tobacco and offer it to the wind?

4. What does Dan say he sometimes imagines doing in revenge for the whites taking everything sacred to Indians?

5. What did Dan and Grover say about Jumbo's ability to fix Nerburn's NIssan truck?

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