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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far apart were the houses in the village?

2. Why didn't Nerburn play cards?

3. What did Dan's granddaughter put in the breakfast oatmeal?

4. What did Nerburn use to pack his belongings?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the houses in the Indian village Dan and Nerburn pass on their way to Grover's house.

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

3. Describe Grover.

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

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

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

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

8. By what means did white men attempt to exterminate the Indians?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of these questions as essay topics:

1) What stages did the writing of the book go through and what was the final decision on how it should be written?

2) Explain the significance of tobacco and sweet grass to the Indians. What did the Indians do with those two things?

3) Describe the different stages the white men went through in their dealings with the Indians. How did it become worse and worse?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Describe the difference between the two sides of the Missouri River.

2) How did Indians view Jesus?

3) Describe Annie's house.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Why did white men choose freedom and Indians choose honor to worship? Discuss the cages Dan brought up. Are white men really free?

2) How did Dan describe the treaties which were offered to the Indians?

3) How did the whites use words against the Indians?

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