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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 did the Indians measure people when times were bad?

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

3. What does "wakan" mean in English?

4. What was the only sign of industriousness that could be seen in the village?

5. What was inside the three-sided wooden structure Nerburn came across on his motorcycle trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Grover's house.

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

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

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

5. Describe the landmark Nerburn came upon when riding across North Dakota on his motorcycle.

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

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

8. Dan asked Nerburn to read one of the papers he had written using the Elder's notes and clippings. Describe that paper.

9. Describe Dan's house.

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

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) Explain how Dan felt about being called Indian. Did he object? Would he rather be called a Native American?

2) What did Dan have to say about the origin of Indians? Did he agree they came across a land bridge over the Bering Strait? What reasons did he give?

3) How did Dan say the Europeans exterminate Indians?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of these three topics:

1) Why was Nerburn having second thoughts about the projects? What did he do about this?

2) What was wrong with Nerburn's Nissan truck? Where did he take it to be fixed? Describe the garage and mechanic.

3) Describe the vehicles Grover passed on the trip he, Dan and Nerburn were taking. What are some of the bumper stickers they had?

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