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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fundamental thesis of the anthropologist?
(a) That people are objects for observation.
(b) That people are human and have a range of emotions.
(c) That people are lost in this world and need saving.
(d) That people are different and deserve study.

2. How long did the Indians have under the Wheeler-Howard Act to make a decision about their reservation?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. How are the Indians of Canada different from the American Indians?
(a) They have not had their basic governmental forms disturbed.
(b) Their medical care is not as good as American Indians.
(c) They live in colder climates and have better housing.
(d) They are paid by the government NOT to grow crops.

4. What did the Meriam Report of 1928 show?
(a) That Indian tribes were in the final stages of demise.
(b) That Indian tribes had great schools.
(c) That Indian tribes were unifying.
(d) That Indian tribes were flourishing.

5. What French rationalist did the House Interior Committee use as a basis for their study of Indian Affairs?
(a) Blount Concur.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) Mme. Frankser.
(d) Fred Callings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Utah get the Indians in their state to agree to termination?

2. How does the author believe that America should view the Indian wars of the past?

3. Who appointed Dillon Myer as Commissioner of Indian Affairs?

4. What is the oldest Indian treaty between the United States and the Seneca tribe?

5. What other name is the Dawes Act known by?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the workshops offered by anthropologists affected the young Indians?

2. In February 1954, approval was granted for Termination of Indians. Why were the four factors, which Zimmerman implemented in 1947 to classify tribal readiness for termination, not used?

3. What did anthropologists find about alcoholism on the reservation? What does the author think of this finding?

4. How does the author describe anthropologists? What is his attitude and tone when discussing this group of people?

5. What is the problem with most books about American Indians, according to the author? What do the incorrect portrayals of the Indians do to harm the image of the Indian, and complicate understanding of the people by others?

6. What is paternalism?

7. According to the author, what European background is the law of the United States built on?

8. Who did the government go after first during the time of Termination?

9. Why has the Indian Reorganization Act responded so well to fit the European white model?

10. Why are the American Indians lost when, in Congressional hearings, the chairman of the committee talks about the Anglo-Saxon heritage of law and order?

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