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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chapter 1 says that many people believed Indian settlements were located where?
(a) Sitting atop valuable resources, such as oil and minerals.
(b) Sacred and forbidden to tourists.
(c) Places for teenagers to party.
(d) Becoming extinct.

3. How did Deloria believe American Indians were treated?
(a) Well .
(b) Unfairly.
(c) Differently than other ethnic groups.
(d) Like everyone else.

4. According to Deloria, when did many traditionally religious people begin to embrace the Indian religion?
(a) 1950's.
(b) 1920's.
(c) 1970's.
(d) 2000.

5. Why do some Americans object to the term "Native Americans"?
(a) They believe anyone born in the United States is a native American.
(b) The title "American Indian" is politically correct.
(c) The word "native" bears a negative connotation.
(d) Some people object to everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Civil Rights Movement promise?

2. During the 1960's and 1970's, large numbers of American Indians lived in what areas?

3. What is the purpose of the American Indian Religious Freedom Resolution?

4. During WWII, why did many Indians move to the west?

5. What was the reason for most Indian protests?

(see the answer key)

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