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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Christian doctrine of life after death?
(a) The resurrection of the body.
(b) Living in bright light.
(c) No life at all.
(d) Living as butterflies.

2. Deloria claims in Chapter 1 that "token" Indians were always present on what holidays?
(a) Christmas and New Years.
(b) Easter and Christmas.
(c) Columbus Day and Thanksgiving.
(d) Thanksgiving and Memorial Day.

3. What does BIA stand for?
(a) Basic Indian Area.
(b) Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(c) Blackfoot Indian Association.
(d) Brooklyn Indian Administration.

4. How was one way Indians tried to preserve their rights in Chapter 1?
(a) By holding hunger strikes.
(b) By retaliating on white cemeteries.
(c) By holding whites hostage.
(d) By using the legal system.

5. In Chapter 5, the author explains that some tribal religions believe humans can not only change into animals and birds, but they can also change into what?
(a) Other people.
(b) Plants and rocks.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Witches and wizards.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Deloria in Chapter 11, what creates Christian denominations?

2. Chapter 1 says that the first great protest was held on what border?

3. Until the 1970's, why did the term "vanishing Americans" refer to American Indians?

4. According to Deloria, Arizona tribes used symbols on a _____________ in an attempt to keep events in chronological order.

5. Deloria asserts that Indian religions think of creation as the environment and how it relates to what?

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