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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Five Civilized Tribes thus named?
(a) Because they were scouts for the French.
(b) Because they had European contact.
(c) Because they were the most like white men.
(d) Because they were civilized.

2. Why are the Pyramid Lake Paiutes poor?
(a) Because they have been systematically cheated out of their hunting rights.
(b) Because they do not work.
(c) Because they live in an area where there is no work.
(d) Because they have been systematically cheated out of their water rights.

3. How is the top job in the Bureau of Indian Affairs filled?
(a) The person is voted in by the Indians.
(b) By appointment.
(c) The Senate picks the person.
(d) The House picks the person.

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

5. What did treaties initially do?
(a) They marked the boundaries between the lands of the Indian nations and the U.S.
(b) They promised ownership of land that still belonged to the French.
(c) They helped establish state lines.
(d) They divided the church territories.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the highest form of behavior in the Native American Church?

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

4. What is the best service offered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs area offices?

5. How long did the Indians have under the Wheeler-Howard Act to make a decision about their reservation?

(see the answer key)

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