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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. What did Nerburn remember as they drove toward the rocky out croppings?

2. What did Grover put in his napkin for Fatback?

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

4. To what was the monument at Wounded Knee dedicated?

5. What question did Nerburn ask the Indian which he shouldn't have asked?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Annie's house.

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

3. What was the advice Dan gave Nerburn in Chapter 12, "Welcome to Our Land"?

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

5. Describe Danelle and Delvin, Dan's other granddaughter and her husband.

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

7. What was the difference between Lincoln and Jesus in Dan's eyes?

8. Dan said the trouble wasn't alcohol for the Indians. What did he say the trouble was?

9. Describe Annie's yard and other things outside her house.

10. Describe what Dan means when he talks about white mens' cages?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of these three topics:

Choose two of these three topics:

1) What are some of the bitter memories and thoughts Dan shared with Nerburn about how white men treated Indians?

2) Describe Wounded Knee including the monument, the pillars, the latticework between the pillars, the graves and other objects at the site.

3) What are the ceremonies Dan went through after arriving at Wounded Knee?

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

Choose two of these three topics:

1) How did the Indians treat white men when they first came to Indian land? How did white men -- French, Spanish and English -- treat the Indians?

2) What kind of a ride did they have after Nerburn asked to make a phone call and Grover said "short cut"? Why did Grover call his car "Shunka kan"?

3) What did Dan reveal about "Tatanka," the buffalo which they spotted on the side of a hill?

4) Choose two of the topics to write on.

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