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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 many times did Dan stop on his walk around the fenced area?

2. To what did Nerburn compare what was happening on the grassy field below them in Chapter 12?

3. Why does Dan say he's sorry for saying those things to Nerburn?

4. What color did Nerburn say the morning sky was?

5. Where did Eugene's dad live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dan take out of the trunk of the car at Wounded Knee?

2. What is Paha Sapa?

3. How do whites treat history of Lincoln differently than the history of Jesus?

4. The monument at Wounded Knee was erected in memory of what?

5. Describe Annie.

6. Why was Thoreau mentioned in the conversation?

7. What did Dan say one had to do to be like an Indian?

8. Describe what was on the grassy field below where Dan, Grover and Nerburn were parked in Chapter 12.

9. Dan asked Nerburn to help him and Nerburn wanted to do that but what else did Nerburn feel he needed to do?

10. What did Dan answer when Nerburn asked him if the Pow Wow was their destination?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of these questions as essay topics.

1) List and describe all the contents of Dan's shoe boxes. What is their purpose?

2) Describe Grover. How is he important to the book?

3) What did Dan write about how Indians learned about forgiveness from the land in the paper Nerburn read aloud?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of these three topics:

1) What are some of the additional personal things Nerburn learns about Dan at Annie's house?

2) What does Danelle say about Indian women?

3) Describe how Whites handle racism differently than Indians. Include mention of half-breeds, quarter-breeds and other ethnic blending and how Indian children were separated into groups at the white boarding schools.

Essay Topic 3

1) Why did Nerburn decide to write Neither Wolf Nor Dog? What did he hope the book would do?

2) Describe Dan and Wenonah.

3) Why did Dan choose Nerburn to write the book?

4) Answer two of the three questions.

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