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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What did Louie Sitting Crow do for fun?
(a) Watch the tourists who traveled Highway 16 on their way to the Black Hills.
(b) Help tourists gas their vehicles.
(c) Tell tourists about Indian fokelore.
(d) Give money and food to tourists.

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

4. 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 largest office.
(d) It is the most removed office from the Indians it serves.

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

6. What, according to the author, is welfare designed to do?
(a) Compensate people who complain the loudest.
(b) Compensate people who are too poor to make much use of it.
(c) Compensate people who don't need it.
(d) Compensate people insofar as they deviate from the norm of society.

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

8. 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) There is no distinciton made between religion and life's other activities.
(c) It holds a separate place in Indian society and the lines are never crossed.
(d) That religion must be done in a group.

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

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

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

12. What kind of groups, according to the author, do people have little sympathy for?
(a) Polite groups.
(b) Stolid groups.
(c) Rude groups.
(d) Funny groups.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the joke about the Bureau of Indian Affairs area office in Portland?

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

3. Who was Clyde Warrior?

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

5. Among the Sioux in the Dakotas, what was the Sun Dance reinterpreted as?

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