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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 one good, tangible result of Indian participation in the Poor People's Campaign?
(a) The Indian people began to hoard wealth.
(b) The Indian people began to see others' point-of-view.
(c) The Indian people began to question their love of the land.
(d) The Indian people began to question the nature of their situation.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In 1964, what percentage of Indians thought the United States should get out of Vietnam?

4. What was the main goal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs when it was started?

5. What did Louie Sitting Crow do for fun?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is welfare based on?

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

4. How does white culture destroy other cultures?

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

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

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

8. How is teasing used as a teaching tool for Indians and how can it be used as a parenting tool?

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

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

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