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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the main beliefs of the Indians about their religion?
(a) That religious ceremonies are important and should be done daily.
(b) It holds a separate place in Indian society and the lines are never crossed.
(c) There is no distinciton made between religion and life's other activities.
(d) That religion must be done in a group.

2. What did the office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Albuquerque, New Mexico do to the Tigua of El Paso?
(a) They called them twice a year.
(b) They simply forgot about the tribe.
(c) They visited twice a year.
(d) They never visited, but sent money.

3. What is the most popular and enduring subject of Indian humor?
(a) General Custer.
(b) Geronimo.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Sitting Bull.

4. When death is unreal, how does this affect violence?
(a) Violence becomes more real.
(b) Violence becomes easy.
(c) Violence become natural.
(d) Violence becomes unreal too.

5. What is the joke about the Bureau of Indian Affairs area office in Portland?
(a) That you need a crane to see into the office.
(b) That Judge Crater and Amelia Earhart were hidden somewhere in the Portland office.
(c) That you have to walk through the paperwork.
(d) That the office doesn't exist, it is a mirage.

6. Once a church was assigned to a reservation, what happened to the other churches?
(a) They could also build a church on the same reservation.
(b) Other churches could talk to members of the reservation to try to gain access.
(c) Other churches could invite Indians to worship on their reservation.
(d) They were prohibited from entering a reservation.

7. As far as race relations were concerned, how were Indians classified?
(a) As non-whites.
(b) As Negros.
(c) As white.
(d) As redmen.

8. What is the Aberdeen office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs known for?
(a) It is the most religious of the area offices.
(b) It is the smallest office.
(c) It is the most removed office from the Indians it serves.
(d) It is the largest office.

9. What, according to the author, is the problem with the white man's economic system?
(a) It is based on the stock market.
(b) It is not real.
(c) It is separate from European and Japanese markets.
(d) It is not based on the world economy.

10. Who did Clyde Warrior support in the 1964 Presidential Campaign?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Goldwater.
(d) Nixon.

11. Among the Sioux in the Dakotas, what was the Sun Dance reinterpreted as?
(a) Palm Sunday service.
(b) Tenebre service.
(c) The annual convocation of the missions on each reservation.
(d) Christmas service.

12. What did Popovi Da say about the Indians being the first people in American?
(a) "We had reservations."
(b) "We love the reservation, what's not to love?"
(c) "We saw it first."
(d) "We knew a good thing when we saw it."

13. What, according to the joke, is a peace treaty?
(a) "When a white man want a piece of you."
(b) "When a white man wants a piece of your mind."
(c) "When a white man wants pieces of your soul."
(d) "When a white man wants a piece of your land."

14. Who was Clyde Warrior?
(a) Perhaps the greatest wit in Indian country.
(b) A writer.
(c) An artist.
(d) A poet.

15. What favorite hymn surprised old warriors in church?
(a) My God is an Awesome God.
(b) By the River.
(c) Onward Christian Soldiers.
(d) Closer my God to Thee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Senator Clinton Anderson announce in 1968?

2. What provides keen insight into a group's collective psyche?

3. As stated in Part 8, what must the white man do before he can relate to others?

4. What happened over time to young Indian men who wanted to enter the ministry?

5. Why are the Five Civilized Tribes thus named?

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