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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Stewart Udall's explanation about why the Indians had not made progress like his friends in Arizona?
(a) They didn't have the education needed for the task.
(b) They didn't have the management tools that IBM, General Motors, and Bell Telephone had.
(c) They didn't have the right kind of land, like in Arizona.
(d) They didn't have the money of big CEO's at large corporations.

2. What have tribes discovered that they must do to make themselves heard?
(a) Start a national newspaper.
(b) Elect their own president.
(c) Band together.
(d) Elect their own congress.

3. Who is Frank Takes Gun?
(a) A gun-control lobbyist.
(b) The leader of the Native American Church.
(c) The author of this book.
(d) The chairman of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

4. What is the reputation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Juneau?
(a) It is run by white men.
(b) It is representative of the people it serves.
(c) It holds fast to fishing rights.
(d) It has the best reputation for service to native peoples of any of the area offices.

5. What happened during World War II on reservations?
(a) Money increased under Roosevelt and the reservations were well funded.
(b) All progress stopped and funds were scarce.
(c) Women took over men's jobs, just like in the rest of the country.
(d) Indians were drafted and many reservations lost their leaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?

2. What kind of groups, according to the author, do people have little sympathy for?

3. What does the Native American Church use in its sacramental worship life?

4. When Watkins visited the Menominee, what did he compare the living conditions to?

5. What did Billy Mills do?

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