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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, why were many Indians arrested illegally?
(a) The Indians were not read their legal rights.
(b) Federal government did not have jurisdiction.
(c) The Indians were in Canada.
(d) It is illegal to arrest an Indian.

2. Deloria asserts that Indian religions think of creation as the environment and how it relates to what?
(a) The moon.
(b) Other planets.
(c) A specific place.
(d) History.

3. When did the American public learn a great deal about American Indians?
(a) The 1990's.
(b) History.
(c) The 1960's and 1970's.
(d) The 1940's.

4. Name one major development between 1972 and 1990 that was mentioned in Chapter 2.
(a) Integration of religious Indian beliefs with that of traditional churches.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) The abolition of the Indian Christian Assembly.
(d) The creation of the Indian Christian Assembly.

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) All answers are correct.
(b) Other people.
(c) Plants and rocks.
(d) Witches and wizards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deloria says that some tribal religions believe humans can turn into animals, birds and which of the following?

2. In Chapter 6, another major distinction between Christianity and tribal religions that Deloria mentions is which of the following?

3. During the 1960's protests, why were the Indians angry?

4. According to Chapter 3, when was there rampant interest in American Indian traditions?

5. During the 1950's, the BIA initiated a relocation program in California in an attempt to sell something that belonged to the Indians. What were they trying to sell?

(see the answer key)

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