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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best service offered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs area offices?
(a) Helping with construction projects.
(b) Communication with Washington.
(c) Keeping records.
(d) Posting job openings.

2. How does the Native American Church view death?
(a) As a warning from God.
(b) As a symbol of peace.
(c) As a punishment.
(d) As a natural occurrence and not a special punishment.

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

4. Why did the Indians support Urban Renewal?
(a) They joked that everyone else would move to the city and they could fence them off and run buffalo all over the country again.
(b) They thought they could get a piece of the action moneywise.
(c) They thought that African Americans could use the support.
(d) They thought it might help urban Indians.

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

6. What was the main goal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs when it was started?
(a) To dirve the Indians to Oklahoma.
(b) To prevent the extinction of the Indian.
(c) To drive the Indians to reservations.
(d) To make sure the Indian became extinct.

7. What happened over time to young Indian men who wanted to enter the ministry?
(a) They were sent away to school.
(b) They became Methodist ministers.
(c) They were rejected.
(d) They became priests in the Catholic Church.

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

9. As stated in Part 8, what must the white man do before he can relate to others?
(a) He must define his own history.
(b) He must understand that he is superior to others.
(c) He must forego the pleasure of defining them.
(d) He must connect to the land.

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

11. What did Indians joke about when asked what the country was called before "America?"
(a) "Freedom."
(b) "Land of the Brave."
(c) "Indian."
(d) "Ours."

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

13. Who is the prophet of peace on the Hopi reservation?
(a) Geronimo.
(b) Papovi Da.
(c) Thomas Banyaca.
(d) Sitting Bull.

14. How is the top job in the Bureau of Indian Affairs filled?
(a) The Senate picks the person.
(b) The person is voted in by the Indians.
(c) The House picks the person.
(d) By appointment.

15. How many area offices does the Bureau of Indian Affairs have throughout the country?
(a) 51.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. As far as race relations were concerned, how were Indians classified?

2. In 1967, where was the conference on Manpower held?

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

4. What, according to the author, is the problem with the white man's economic system?

5. What does the Native American Church use in its sacramental worship life?

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