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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish this sentence: Deloria teaches that American Indians had almost no use for __________________________________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Keeping track of past events.
(c) Worshipping trees.
(d) Living long lives.

2. According to Deloria, when telling a story, an Indian may say it happened long ago without stating a specific what?
(a) Day.
(b) Month.
(c) Date or time.
(d) Year.

3. In Chapter 5, the discussion states that there are many differences between what two religions?
(a) Catholics and Protestants.
(b) Christianity and Indian tribal religions.
(c) No answer is correct.
(d) Methodists and Baptists.

4. 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) Columbus Day and Thanksgiving.
(d) Easter and Christmas.

5. What is the purpose of the American Indian Religious Freedom Resolution?
(a) Allows whites to participate in Indian ceremonial rites.
(b) Protects Indian children from being forced to attend Sunday School.
(c) Protects the religion and ceremonial rites of American Indians.
(d) Forbids Indians from attending white churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Repeatedly, Deloria mentions that Indian tribal religions believe in a vital relationship between which of the following?

2. What does BIA stand for?

3. Deloria uses what two theories to explain the differences between Christianity and Indian religious doctrine?

4. Chapter 1 explains that the Indians revere their dead and believe their burial grounds to be _________.

5. The author emphasizes that Indian religions are not _________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the use of the term "Grandfather" in Indian cultures.

2. Deloria states some devout Christians may be upset by comparing God to Supreme Beings of other religious groups. Why?

3. Why were ecologists jealous of the Civil Rights Movement?

4. Discuss why Young Chief, a Cayuse, refused to sign the Treaty of Walla Walla.

5. the 1860's, how did the American Indian suffer at the hand of federal bureaucrats?

6. How do American Indians tend to view their history and religion? Is this similar or different from traditional Western beliefs?

7. How are beliefs based on political persuasion, as explained by Deloria?

8. How and by whom were Indian burial grounds desecrated?

9. How do tribal religions interpret creation?

10. Another difference between Christianity and Indian religion is the belief regarding how sin entered the world. Explain.

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