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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, the author explains that American Indians held no importance for which of the following?
(a) Keeping a calendar.
(b) Remembering events.
(c) Living long lives.
(d) Worshipping trees.

2. Name one reason mentioned in Chapter 4 that tribal religions hold a place sacred.
(a) They practice magic there.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) They love the land.
(d) Their beliefs and experiences are based on relationships with other living things.

3. Deloria believes tribal religions did not consider life after death _________________.
(a) To be threatening.
(b) To be important.
(c) To be real.
(d) To differ much from the life they were living.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1960's, the Indians protested against government programs that stripped timber from their forests. What other privilege was taken away?

2. The Bible says Adam and Eve were made how?

3. On what issue was the 1968 protest?

4. By 1887, Deloria claims the movement to suppress religious freedom on the reservation almost succeeded because of which of the following?

5. How were the Indians arrested at the 1968 protest punished?

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