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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 did Dan like about Nerburn?
(a) He was thoughtful.
(b) He was quiet.
(c) He wasn't trying to be an Indian.
(d) He was polite.

2. In which South Western City was there a market where rich people could buy all kinds of Indian stuff?
(a) Austin.
(b) El Paso.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Santa Fe.

3. Why does Dan feel he should forgive the white man?
(a) He feels he has no alternative but to forgive.
(b) He feels he might do what they did if in their place.
(c) He pities the white man as an inferior being.
(d) The land, the mountain and forest teach him to heal and forgive.

4. What was outside of the Old Indian's house?
(a) A small vegetable garden.
(b) An outhouse.
(c) Two cars, one on blocks.
(d) A large Cadillac.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Indian had counseled reaching out a hand of peace to the white people?

2. What did Nerburn use to pack his belongings?

3. What tribe of Indians were the cowboys fighting in the movie Grover was watching?

4. What were Dan and Nerburn listening to as they sat on Dan's front porch?

5. How did Grover wear his hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was in the shoe boxes Dan gave Nerburn?

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

3. Describe the telephone call Nerburn got.

4. Describe where Nerburn's Nissan truck ended up.

5. What did Nerburn find when he returned to Dan's house several months later?

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

7. Describe the "wannabe" Hippies they ran into at the truck stop.

8. Why did Indians wear long hair?

9. What was Grover's answer when Dan asked him why he didn't have any junk cars in his yard and what was he referring to?

10. Why did Kent Nerburn want to write this book?

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