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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. Using the example of the Crusades, Deloria accuses Christians of which of the following?
(a) Attacking other cultures.
(b) Going on a retreat.
(c) Witnessing to the Indians.
(d) Spreading their beliefs.

2. In Chapter 1, why were many Indians arrested illegally?
(a) The Indians were not read their legal rights.
(b) The Indians were in Canada.
(c) It is illegal to arrest an Indian.
(d) Federal government did not have jurisdiction.

3. The creation of man is also part of the Christian _______.
(a) An Indian religious belief system.
(b) Church.
(c) Doctrine.
(d) Responsibility.

4. However, regarding time, the author said the Plains Indians use an animal hide to do what?
(a) Hide from whites.
(b) Keep a "Winter Count."
(c) Show their wealth.
(d) Worship buffalo.

5. What are the two stereotypical categories Deloria refers to?
(a) Warlike savages and wise old men.
(b) Educated and uneducated.
(c) Murderers and horse thieves.
(d) Hunters and gathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until the 1970's, why did the term "vanishing Americans" refer to American Indians?

2. Chapter 1 says that many people believed Indian settlements were located where?

3. What did the Civil Rights Movement promise?

4. Deloria also claims that many Christians are "married" to the idea that Columbus ___________________.

5. Repeatedly, Deloria mentions that Indian tribal religions believe in a vital relationship between which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do tribal religions interpret creation?

2. Explain the different reactions of Christians and Indians to supernatural phenomena, such as meteors and supernovae.

3. Why did the National Indian Youth Council publish a pamphlet titled, "When Our Grandfathers Had Guns?"

4. How does the Indian connection to nature relate to their religious beliefs?

5. How do American Indians tend to view their history and religion? Is this similar or different from traditional Western beliefs?

6. Why does Deloria believe the Christian ideal of keeping peace on earth is not true?

7. Was it a good thing that Americans began to take more interest in the American Indians in the late 1960's? Why?

8. How did the Indians come to receive financial donations from Christian denominations, and why did it take so long?

9. Explain the Christian idea of creation.

10. Discuss why Young Chief, a Cayuse, refused to sign the Treaty of Walla Walla.

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