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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Arthur Watkins?
(a) A Mormon named as head the Indian subcommittees in the Senate and House.
(b) A poet who wrote about the Indian problems.
(c) The chairman appointed to run the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(d) President Truman's Chief of Staff.

2. What, according to the author, did the white man discover that the American Indians still owned of value?
(a) 135 million acres of land.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Gold.
(d) Horses.

3. How did Utah get the Indians in their state to agree to termination?
(a) They offered them money in return for termination.
(b) Utah promised them recognition by the federal government of their tribal marriages.
(c) They tripled their land mass.
(d) They told the Indians that the state would be running their services and it would be more efficient.

4. What did Lake Superior hold that the government wanted?
(a) Copper and other minerals.
(b) Shipping rights.
(c) Water.
(d) Fishing rights.

5. How are young Indians connected to anthropologists?
(a) They have become unwitting missionaries for anthropologists.
(b) They assist them in their work.
(c) They teach anthroplogists about their art.
(d) They teach anthropologists about their culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tribal communities get federal services?

2. When the author says that whites claim Indian heritage, what side of their family tree do they claim it comes from?

3. What, according to the author at the end of chapter 1, should the government do about the Indians?

4. What phrases does Mr. Farb continue to use when talking about Indians?

5. How did the government get the Klamaths to agree to termination?

(see the answer key)

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