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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 provides keen insight into a group's collective psyche?
(a) Irony and Satire.
(b) Clowns.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Sadness.

2. According to the author, where should the Bureau of Indian Affairs be transferred?
(a) To the Commerce Department.
(b) To the Interior Department.
(c) To the Foreign Service Department.
(d) To the War Department.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the highest form of behavior in the Native American Church?

2. When the buffalo were gone, what did the Sioux eat to keep from starving?

3. When death is unreal, how does this affect violence?

4. What is the reputation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Juneau?

5. How do the Indians control social situations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Indians share with the Hebrews of the Old Testament?

2. What have been the views, according to the author, of Christianity regarding slavery, poverty and treachery?

3. According to Indian history, when did the reservation system really begin to improve and what happened when it did?

4. Why do the Indians consider Indian policy foreign policy?

5. Why have many tribes decided NOT to use government help to build up their reservations?

6. What is welfare based on?

7. What does the author think about the Republican political party?

8. Discuss the Indian religious idea of sharing one's goods.

9. According to the author, what would happen if the Bureau of Indian Affairs were abolished?

10. Do the Indians deserve the services they get? Why? Why not?

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