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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what umbrella did the Bureau of Indian Affairs begin?

2. What did Indians joke about when asked what the country was called before "America?"

3. What was the first concern of mission work on the reservation?

4. What did Popovi Da say about the Indians being the first people in American?

5. What did the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Minneapolis do in Tama, Iowa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does white culture destroy other cultures?

6. Why have the Indians never been involved with the Civil Rights movement?

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

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

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

10. What does the author believe that every group must have to become a reality?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the American Indian with the Jews of Egypt. What are the differences? Similarities? What are they?

Essay Topic 2

What was the Reorganization Act? What did it do for Indians? Why was it so important?

Essay Topic 3

What is the author's opinion of welfare? Does he think it necessary for Indians? Why? Why not?

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