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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Deloria believes that the distinction between the immortality of the soul and the Christian ideal of the resurrection of the dead is best described as which of the following?
(a) Confusing to the Indians.
(b) As something that should not even be discussed.
(c) As a vital one.
(d) As irrelevant.

3. According to Deloria, in tribal communities a person is judged as useful or useless by his or her ___________________________.
(a) Family status.
(b) Degree of participation in the community.
(c) Appearance.
(d) Hunting abilities.

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) The creation of the Indian Christian Assembly.
(c) No answer is correct.
(d) The abolition of the Indian Christian Assembly.

5. Chapter 7, "The Spatial Problem of History," addresses the spatial issues involved with which of the following?
(a) Historical events.
(b) Traditional chronology.
(c) Ancestral lineage.
(d) No answer is correct.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the American public learn a great deal about American Indians?

3. Indians also believe human beings are an integral part of the natural world. How does Deloria explain what happens to the bodies upon their death?

4. Chapter 4 discusses the fact that liberals tend to ___________________________.

5. In Chapter 5, the discussion states that there are many differences between what two religions?

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