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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Deloria claims that the chronology of Christian culture and religious doctrine is dependent on the presence of which of the following?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Jews and Jesus.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Cross.

2. 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?
(a) Indian jewelry.
(b) Reservations.
(c) Indian scalps.
(d) Indian land.

3. The National Indian Youth Council published a pamphlet to inform the public of Gallup's actions. What was the title of this pamphlet?
(a) "Wait Until We Get Even."
(b) "How to Treat Indians."
(c) "Shame on Gallup."
(d) "When Our Grandfathers Had Guns."

4. How does Deloria believe some Christians will feel about his comparisons of Christianity and Indian tribal religions?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Angry.
(d) Upset.

5. What did the Civil Rights Movement promise?
(a) Lower taxes.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Religious freedom.
(d) A better society.

6. In Chapter 5, Deloria explains that the Indian beliefs of creation go back to what concept?
(a) Time and space.
(b) Chronological events.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Old verses new.

7. During the 1960's protests, why were the Indians angry?
(a) Casinos were closed.
(b) 100 year old treaties were being violated.
(c) Their population was decreasing.
(d) They had no place to live.

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

9. In Chapter 3, "The Religious Challenge," what incident is being discussed?
(a) The ransacking of a federal building.
(b) Peaceful co-existence between Indians and Whites.
(c) Ceremonial Indian affairs.
(d) Wounded Knee.

10. What does BIA stand for?
(a) Basic Indian Area.
(b) Brooklyn Indian Administration.
(c) Blackfoot Indian Association.
(d) Bureau of Indian Affairs.

11. In Chapter 2, what brought even more attention to the American Indians?
(a) Equal Rights Movement.
(b) Columbus Day.
(c) Civil Rights Movement.
(d) Memorial Day.

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

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

14. A major development during the 1970's and 1980's was ___________________.
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) The interest in the Indian movement by non-Indians.
(c) The creation of smaller Indian reservations.
(d) The creation of larger Indian reservations.

15. Using the example of the Crusades, Deloria accuses Christians of which of the following?
(a) Attacking other cultures.
(b) Going on a retreat.
(c) Spreading their beliefs.
(d) Witnessing to the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deloria claims Christianity puts a great deal of focus on creation and what it means to _________.

2. Deloria teaches that Indian religions view creation as which of the following?

3. What are the two stereotypical categories Deloria refers to?

4. The creation of man is also part of the Christian _______.

5. The majority of Indian religions, claims Deloria, refuse to think of a supreme being how?

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