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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who did missionaries believe the American Indians were when they connected their religion with the tribes they encountered?
(a) Mayans.
(b) The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
(c) Russians.
(d) The Spanish.

4. Who saved the Florida Seminoles from termination?
(a) Congress.
(b) Arthur Watkins.
(c) The governor of Florida.
(d) The D.A.R. or Daughters of the American Revolution.

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

6. How many tribal communities get federal services?
(a) Thousands.
(b) 10.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) 30.

7. What kind of hats to anthropologists wear?
(a) Indian warbonnets.
(b) Straw hats.
(c) Baseball caps.
(d) Australian bush hats.

8. Why, according to the author, do anthropologists never carry a writing instrument?
(a) Because they are afraid they will hurt a child with it.
(b) Because they already know what they are going to find.
(c) Because the ink dries up in the sun.
(d) Because they would rather record than write for accuracy.

9. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?
(a) The United States Government.
(b) The Indians.
(c) White America.
(d) The Reorganization Act.

10. What was one emphasis outlined in the Termination Act?
(a) For the state Senate to rule over the Indians.
(b) For the state governor to oversee the Indians.
(c) For the state to play no role in termination.
(d) For the state to assume responsibility for the tribes and its members.

11. Why did the Oglala Sioux become a favorite subject for study by anthropologists?
(a) Because of their unique way of life.
(b) Because of the art history.
(c) Because of their romantic past.
(d) Because of the vibrant present.

12. What year did the United States clear the eastern states of the former Indian allies?
(a) 1955.
(b) 2010.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1934.

13. What has created a feeling of unity among American Indians?
(a) Brotherhood with a similar history.
(b) The Native American College system.
(c) Need for social services.
(d) The betrayal of treaty promises.

14. What is the fundamental thesis of the anthropologist?
(a) That people are lost in this world and need saving.
(b) That people are different and deserve study.
(c) That people are objects for observation.
(d) That people are human and have a range of emotions.

15. How are the Indians of Canada different from the American Indians?
(a) They are paid by the government NOT to grow crops.
(b) They have not had their basic governmental forms disturbed.
(c) Their medical care is not as good as American Indians.
(d) They live in colder climates and have better housing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author believe is active in the private sector?

2. What other name is the Dawes Act known by?

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

4. What other name is the Wheeler-Howard Act known by?

5. What, according to the author, did the death of President Kennedy and Sitting Bull have in common?

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