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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what issue was the 1968 protest?
(a) The boundary line between two territories.
(b) Farming rights along borderlines.
(c) A new Indian curfew.
(d) Government assessing tolls for crossing a bridge.

2. Why did some whites dig up Indian bodies from their graves?
(a) To sell the bones.
(b) To sell the skulls.
(c) To sell the buried treasure.
(d) To sell the clothes.

3. Deloria believes one of the greatest offenses to the Indian tribes was what?
(a) The desecration of burial grounds.
(b) Forcing them to cut their hair.
(c) Locking them in jail.
(d) Changing their names.

4. Why were the Gallup Indians upset with the town?
(a) For excluding them from civic events.
(b) The Indians were worked as slaves.
(c) There were no Indian restaurants.
(d) The Indians were not allowed to attend school.

5. According to Deloria, Arizona tribes used symbols on a _____________ in an attempt to keep events in chronological order.
(a) Calendar stick.
(b) Animal hide.
(c) Calendar.
(d) Cave wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chapter 1 claim the Indians were treated by many of the gold rush miners?

2. In Chapter 3, "The Religious Challenge," what incident is being discussed?

3. Deloria claims that the only belief common to both Christianity and Indian religions is which of the following?

4. By the 1960's, how did many tribes across the country begin to protest their treatment?

5. In Chapter 8, the origins of religion are examined from which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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