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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1964, what percentage of Indian thought the United States should get out of America?
(a) 15 percent.
(b) 85 percent.
(c) 90 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

2. What did the white man systematically destroy for the Indians?
(a) Their schools.
(b) Their art.
(c) Their language.
(d) Their culture.

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

4. What does the author believe the Indians should have a right to, just like water districts, cities, and towns?
(a) Voting rights.
(b) Citizenship.
(c) Sovereignty.
(d) Social services.

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

6. What do the Indians believe about land?
(a) That it is the mother of all.
(b) That it is not very important.
(c) That it belongs to everyone.
(d) That it can be shared.

7. What did Billy Mills do?
(a) He was a pole vaulter at the Olympics.
(b) He became the first Indian astronaut.
(c) He won the ten thousand meter run at the Olympics.
(d) He became the first Indian Senator.

8. Who does the area office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Aberdeen, South Dakota serve?
(a) The tribes of Minnesota and the Great Lakes.
(b) The tribes of Canada.
(c) The tribes of the Dakotas and Nebraska.
(d) The tribes of Kansas.

9. When the buffalo were gone, what did the Sioux eat to keep from starving?
(a) Deer.
(b) Skunks.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

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

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

12. During the 1950s, where were the Indian Health Services transferred to?
(a) The Department of Commerce.
(b) The Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
(c) The War Department.
(d) The Department of the Interior.

13. What is the highest form of behavior in the Native American Church?
(a) To share one's goods.
(b) To be in church on Sundays.
(c) To pray.
(d) To tend to the sick.

14. What provides keen insight into a group's collective psyche?
(a) Clowns.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Irony and Satire.

15. What were the record years for the Christian church on the reservations?
(a) 1855 to 1863.
(b) 1850 to 1900.
(c) 1863 to 1910.
(d) 1870 to 1930.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, spiritually, was Robert Kennedy?

2. What did Louie Sitting Crow do for fun?

3. How many area offices does the Bureau of Indian Affairs have throughout the country?

4. What favorite hymn surprised old warriors in church?

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

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