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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Supreme Court do in June of 1968?
(a) It ruled in favor of water rights for African Americans.
(b) It drained a dam and gave Indians back land on the east coast.
(c) It ruled in favor of urban development for Indians.
(d) Interpreted an ancient statute in favor of blacks in the matter of purchasing a house.

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

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

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

6. What was the first concern of mission work on the reservation?
(a) Getting the Indians food.
(b) Land on which to build churches, homes, storehouses and other monuments.
(c) Getting the Indians to come to church.
(d) Getting clothing for the Indians.

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

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

9. What, according to the author, will happen to America in the end?
(a) The National Parks will be given away.
(b) It will be returned to the American Indian.
(c) It will be overrun by other countries.
(d) The land will be owned by non-Americans.

10. When Indians looked at pictures of the Disciples, what were they surprised to find?
(a) Their white faces.
(b) Their shoulder-length hair.
(c) Their short hair.
(d) Their brown faces.

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

12. What was the result of Christian missions on the reservations?
(a) To uplift Indian society.
(b) To re-establish the Native American Church.
(c) To gather Indian ministers.
(d) To shatter Indian society.

13. 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 most removed office from the Indians it serves.
(c) It is the largest office.
(d) It is the smallest office.

14. What Department was the Bureau of Indian Affairs transferred to when it opened in 1849?
(a) The War Department.
(b) The Department of the Interior.
(c) The Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
(d) The Department of Commerce.

15. What treaty did John F. Kennedy break?
(a) The Landfill Treaty.
(b) The Treaty of 1963.
(c) The Northwest Coast FishingTreaty.
(d) The Pickering Treaty.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the best service offered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs area offices?

4. What is one of the main beliefs of the Indians about their religion?

5. In 1966, what did the secret Presidential Task Force recommend doing with the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

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