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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. Who was Clyde Warrior?
(a) A writer.
(b) An artist.
(c) Perhaps the greatest wit in Indian country.
(d) A poet.

2. What basic principle of man's history, according to the author, did colonists violate?
(a) Never steal land from others, they will always get it back.
(b) Never make war with people you do not understand.
(c) Certain lands belong to certain peoples.
(d) Damns are harmful in the long run.

3. When the buffalo were gone, what did the Sioux eat to keep from starving?
(a) Deer.
(b) Skunks.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

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

5. When Indians looked at pictures of the Disciples, what were they surprised to find?
(a) Their brown faces.
(b) Their short hair.
(c) Their shoulder-length hair.
(d) Their white faces.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author believe the Indians should have a right to, just like water districts, cities, and towns?

3. What favorite hymn surprised old warriors in church?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did missionaries do to the Indian's religious life when they arrived on the reservations?

2. Why does the joke about Falling Rocks bridge the racial gap?

3. How does the Bureau of Indian Affairs give the Indians an advantage for services over other Americans in need?

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

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

6. What, according to the author, does white America depend on as culture?

7. How does white culture destroy other cultures?

8. What was the first program offered by the African Americans after the Civil War and what happened to that program?

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

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

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