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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the unfortunate provision in the Wheeler-Howard Act?
(a) There was a one year delay on all services while the tribe voted.
(b) Once a reservation voted against the acceptance of the provisions of the act, they were forbidden from considering it again.
(c) The Indians would have to move again and give up more land.
(d) The Indians would have to give up hunting rights.

3. What did the Indians see on TV that turned them off to the Civil Rights Movement?
(a) Looting.
(b) Malcom X.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) The March on Washington.

4. Because of all the confusion and the lack of a single answer to the "Indian problem," to what does a national Indian meeting bear resemblance to?
(a) The Tower of Babel Improvement Association.
(b) A loud cafeteria at lunch time.
(c) A beauty pageant.
(d) A swap-meet on Saturday morning.

5. How much was the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin awarded?
(a) $6 million.
(b) $2 million.
(c) $500 thousand.
(d) $1.5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the author, makes the best powwow?

2. Which American Indian tribe is the author a member of?

3. What were the record years for the Christian church on the reservations?

4. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?

5. What is the main problem for the Plains Indians?

(see the answer key)

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