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

2. In 1966, what did the secret Presidential Task Force recommend doing with the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
(a) Transfer the Bureau to the Commerce Department.
(b) Transfer the Bureau to Health, Education and Welfare.
(c) Transfer the Bureau to the War Department.
(d) Transfer the Bureau to the Dept. of the Interior.

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

4. Who are the Five Civilized Tribes?
(a) Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole and Zuni.
(b) Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole and Chickasaw.
(c) Seneca, Choctaw, Creek, Zuni and Cherokee.
(d) Cherokee, Apache, Zuni, Seminole and Chickasaw.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in Part 8, what must the white man do before he can relate to others?

2. What treaty did John F. Kennedy break?

3. What Department was the Bureau of Indian Affairs transferred to when it opened in 1849?

4. What happened during World War II on reservations?

5. What was the result of Christian missions on the reservations?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why were other groups insulted by the cards that read "We Shall Overrun?"

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

6. What happened when the government decided to move the Bureau of Indian Affairs to Health, Education and Welfare?

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

8. What is the problem with earmarked money? What is earmarked money?

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

10. What does the Indian religion require of its followers that is so vastly different from Christian religions?

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