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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what issue was the 1968 protest?
(a) A new Indian curfew.
(b) The boundary line between two territories.
(c) Government assessing tolls for crossing a bridge.
(d) Farming rights along borderlines.

2. Deloria claims it is widely believed that the lack of record keeping in American Indian history is probably responsible for which of the following?
(a) Great oral traditions of the Indian tribes.
(b) Mystery surrounding Indian events.
(c) Lack of historical information.
(d) Lost dates and times.

3. What group accused the Gallup Chamber of Commerce of holding a Gallup ceremony in which Indians were not allowed to participate?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Central Intelligence Agency.
(c) National Indian Youth Council.
(d) Bureau of Indidan Affairs.

4. Deloria claims that the only belief common to both Christianity and Indian religions is which of the following?
(a) Music.
(b) A creator.
(c) Land.
(d) Animals.

5. Chapter 7, "The Spatial Problem of History," addresses the spatial issues involved with which of the following?
(a) Historical events.
(b) Traditional chronology.
(c) Ancestral lineage.
(d) No answer is correct.

6. In the 1960's, the Indians protested against government programs that stripped timber from their forests. What other privilege was taken away?
(a) Using boats.
(b) Farming.
(c) Wearing tribal clothing.
(d) Fishing rights.

7. According to the author, one of the first distinctions between Christianity and Indian religions is what?
(a) The fact that Christians worship in buildings.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) The day of the week they worship.
(d) The supreme being is perceived.

8. A major development during the 1970's and 1980's was ___________________.
(a) The creation of smaller Indian reservations.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) The creation of larger Indian reservations.
(d) The interest in the Indian movement by non-Indians.

9. Finish this sentence: Deloria teaches that American Indians had almost no use for __________________________________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Worshipping trees.
(c) Living long lives.
(d) Keeping track of past events.

10. Why were the Gallup Indians upset with the town?
(a) The Indians were not allowed to attend school.
(b) The Indians were worked as slaves.
(c) For excluding them from civic events.
(d) There were no Indian restaurants.

11. In Chapter 2, what brought even more attention to the American Indians?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Columbus Day.
(c) Equal Rights Movement.
(d) Civil Rights Movement.

12. Who refused to sign the Treaty of Walla Walla because he felt all of creation was not represented in the agreement?
(a) Chief Bear.
(b) Chief Little Crow.
(c) Chief Young.
(d) Chief Tohono.

13. Deloria says that some tribal religions believe humans can turn into animals, birds and which of the following?
(a) Other species can turn into humans.
(b) This happens automatically when you die.
(c) You can pick what you want to be.
(d) Once this is done they cannot change back.

14. Name one reason mentioned in Chapter 4 that tribal religions hold a place sacred.
(a) They practice magic there.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) Their beliefs and experiences are based on relationships with other living things.
(d) They love the land.

15. Deloria asserts that Indian religions think of creation as the environment and how it relates to what?
(a) History.
(b) A specific place.
(c) Other planets.
(d) The moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 5 discusses the differences among religions on what topic?

2. How did Deloria believe American Indians were treated?

3. Deloria teaches that many tribal religions refer to God as which of the following?

4. In Chapter 1, why was the publication of the National Indian Youth Council's pamphlet considered a monumental event?

5. Deloria teaches that Indian religions view creation as which of the following?

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