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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the Indians have under the Wheeler-Howard Act to make a decision about their reservation?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 1 year.

2. When the Wheeler-Howard act was passed, what did the Indians experience for the first time in half a century?
(a) Social services.
(b) New schools.
(c) Social welfare.
(d) Self-government.

3. Under what umbrella did the Bureau of Indian Affairs begin?
(a) The Peace Department.
(b) The War Department.
(c) The Senate.
(d) The Interior Department.

4. What, according to the author, is one of the finest things about being an Indian?
(a) You get to live on a reservation.
(b) People like you on sight.
(c) People are always interested in your "plight."
(d) It is lucrative to be an American Indian.

5. What is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for the area offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
(a) Lack of resources for buidling projects.
(b) Lack of manpower.
(c) Lack of funds.
(d) Lack of computers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Minneapolis do in Tama, Iowa?

2. What is the joke about the Bureau of Indian Affairs area office in Portland?

3. What was the unfortunate provision in the Wheeler-Howard Act?

4. What did one anthropologist admit spending while studying a tribe of less than a 1,000 people?

5. How many tribal communities get federal services?

(see the answer key)

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