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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Grover doing when Dan and Nerburn came to visit him?
(a) Watching a black and white cowboy movie on television.
(b) Fixing his Buick.
(c) Reading one of Nerburn's books.
(d) Sleeping.

2. Describe the Hippie man.
(a) He was medium-build with long stringy hair.
(b) He was fat with two braids.
(c) He was gaunt with a braided ponytail.
(d) He was big and brawny with a long straight ponytail.

3. What was the author doing when the seed for this book was planted in his mind?
(a) Re-reading the other books he had written about Indians.
(b) Riding his motorcycle across North Dakota in August.
(c) Sitting on his front porch watching the sun set.
(d) Day-dreaming about Indians and their values.

4. Who was in "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show" for awhile?
(a) A Navajo medicine man.
(b) Black Elk.
(c) Lakota elders.
(d) Sitting Bull.

5. What was inside the three-sided wooden structure Nerburn came across on his motorcycle trip?
(a) A sacred Lakota buffalo rock.
(b) Three stones with Lakota traditions inscribed in them.
(c) An offering of free fruits and vegetables to passers-by.
(d) A wood carving of a Lakota Indian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug did Nerburn take in the sixties that mimicked the experience Dan had listening to the dead?

2. What was the Indian philosophy of ownership?

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

4. The Indians Grover was watching on television looked like what nationality?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the telephone call Nerburn got.

2. What happened to Nerburn's black Nissan truck when he got back in it to drive away?

3. What did Dan say about being called an Indian?

4. Describe Grover's house.

5. What were some of the reasons why Nerburn considered going home after his lunch with Grover and Dan?

6. What were some of the things discussed by Dan and Grover and Nerburn as they watched an old cowboy and Indian movie on television?

7. What did Dan give Nerburn and what did Nerburn do with them?

8. Write some things about Dan's grandson.

9. Who passed Grover as he drove 45 mph on the trip they were taking?

10. What did Dan tell Nerburn about the prairie dogs?

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