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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Purgatory: 1891-1934.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Ghost Dance religion start?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Montana.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Utah.

2. When were the Nez Perce forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in Oregon to Idaho?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1877.

3. How far back may humans have lived at the site found at Meadowcroft Rockshelter?
(a) 7,000 years.
(b) 9,000 years.
(c) 15,000 years.
(d) 19,000 years.

4. When would Treuer's father drive Indian kids to Bemidji and then bring them home again?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1953.

5. How early were two and then three agencies created to treat and trade with Indian tribes?
(a) 1770.
(b) 1783.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1775.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what Indian tribe is Kevin Washburn from?

2. Where were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?

3. How long did Canada have a boarding school system for Indians?

4. What was the estimated population of Cahokia around 1050-1250 CE?

5. How many years of Indian history does Treuer tell in the book?

(see the answer key)

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