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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What act was passed by the American government in 1934?
(a) The Reservation School Act.
(b) The Indian Reorganization Act.
(c) The American Indian Poverty Act.
(d) The Indian Settlement Act.

2. What phrases does Mr. Farb continue to use when talking about Indians?
(a) Stupid and slow.
(b) Test tubes and living laboratories.
(c) Inferior.
(d) Below standard.

3. What "first" did the Treaty of August 5, 1826 enact?
(a) The first time land was sold by the Indians.
(b) The first time land was returned to the Indians.
(c) The first time water was sold by the Indians.
(d) The first clear-cut case of fraudulent dealings on part of Congress.

4. When Watkins visited the Menominee, what did he compare the living conditions to?
(a) The refugee camps of the Near East after World War II.
(b) War torn Italy.
(c) Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack.
(d) Hiroshima after the atomic bomb.

5. What does not overlap across state boundaries?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Water.
(c) Tribes.
(d) Treaty rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author believe anthropologists should do in the future?

2. In the minds of most Indians, what is the best way to eradicate a species?

3. What has created a feeling of unity among American Indians?

4. What happened to most of the treaties in the far west of the country?

5. What two tribes seem to have traditional Indian values still intact?

(see the answer key)

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