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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 famous person from overseas saw "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show"?
(a) The Queen of England.
(b) The King of Denmark.
(c) The Queen of Belgium.
(d) The King of England.

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

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

4. What did the Lakota people call the Creator?
(a) The Great Spirit.
(b) Watiki Tokan.
(c) Walka Tenken.
(d) Wakan Tanka.

5. What color was Grover's couch?
(a) Blue.
(b) Dark red.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how much did Jumbo the car mechanic weigh?

2. In which South Western City was there a market where rich people could buy all kinds of Indian stuff?

3. What did Wenonah suggest Nerburn do?

4. How did Grover wear his hair?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Indians wear long hair?

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

3. Describe Grover.

4. Describe Dan's house.

5. Explain the Indians' philosophy and practice of silence and how it differs from the white mens' way.

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

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

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

9. Where was Nerburn sitting in Grover's Buick on the trip he took with Grover and Dan and what was he doing?

10. Who was the white lady Grover mentioned and what had she wanted to do?

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