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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 do the Indians believe about land?
(a) That it can be shared.
(b) That it is not very important.
(c) That it belongs to everyone.
(d) That it is the mother of all.

2. What does the Native American Church use in its sacramental worship life?
(a) Dance.
(b) Prayer shawls.
(c) The peyote button.
(d) Communion.

3. Who is the prophet of peace on the Hopi reservation?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) Geronimo.
(c) Thomas Banyaca.
(d) Papovi Da.

4. Who was Clyde Warrior?
(a) An artist.
(b) Perhaps the greatest wit in Indian country.
(c) A poet.
(d) A writer.

5. What is one of the main beliefs of the Indians about their religion?
(a) That religious ceremonies are important and should be done daily.
(b) That religion must be done in a group.
(c) It holds a separate place in Indian society and the lines are never crossed.
(d) There is no distinciton made between religion and life's other activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once a church was assigned to a reservation, what happened to the other churches?

2. What did the new immigrants do to organize themselves in their new land?

3. How do the Indians control social situations?

4. In 1966, what did the secret Presidential Task Force recommend doing with the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

5. How does the Native American Church view death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What have been the views, according to the author, of Christianity regarding slavery, poverty and treachery?

2. Why does the joke about Falling Rocks bridge the racial gap?

3. Why do the Indians consider Indian policy foreign policy?

4. What did missionaries do to the Indian's religious life when they arrived on the reservations?

5. What does the Indian religion require of its followers that is so vastly different from Christian religions?

6. Why have the Indians never been involved with the Civil Rights movement?

7. Who is Banyaca and what was his message?

8. What is welfare based on?

9. According to the author, what would happen if the Bureau of Indian Affairs were abolished?

10. How is teasing used as a teaching tool for Indians and how can it be used as a parenting tool?

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