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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In 1967, where was the conference on Manpower held?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Seattle.
(c) New York.
(d) Kansas City.

4. What was one good, tangible result of Indian participation in the Poor People's Campaign?
(a) The Indian people began to question their love of the land.
(b) The Indian people began to see others' point-of-view.
(c) The Indian people began to hoard wealth.
(d) The Indian people began to question the nature of their situation.

5. 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 Kansas.
(c) The tribes of Canada.
(d) The tribes of the Dakotas and Nebraska.

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

7. What did the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Minneapolis do in Tama, Iowa?
(a) They moved all the reservations in the area to the Tama, Iowa school.
(b) They abruptly closed the grade school.
(c) They combined the school in Tama with one in Great Falls.
(d) They built a school with no road to it.

8. What happened during World War II on reservations?
(a) Indians were drafted and many reservations lost their leaders.
(b) All progress stopped and funds were scarce.
(c) Money increased under Roosevelt and the reservations were well funded.
(d) Women took over men's jobs, just like in the rest of the country.

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

10. What does the Native American Church use in its sacramental worship life?
(a) Dance.
(b) Communion.
(c) The peyote button.
(d) Prayer shawls.

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

12. What did the Indians see on TV that turned them off to the Civil Rights Movement?
(a) Looting.
(b) The March on Washington.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) Malcom X.

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

14. In 1964, what percentage of Indians thought the United States should get out of Vietnam?
(a) 15 percent.
(b) 85 percent.
(c) 80 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Five Civilized Tribes thus named?

2. What did the new immigrants do to organize themselves in their new land?

3. In 1964, what percentage of Indian thought the United States should get out of America?

4. Blacks (African Americans) and Indians (American Indians) defines racial problems with one focal point. What is it?

5. What is the Aberdeen office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs known for?

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