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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. When was the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee published?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1965.

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

3. When did Ely Parker become the first Indian to be placed in charge of the Office of Indian Affairs?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1867.

4. In 1890, how many Indians did the U.S. Census Bureau tabulate?
(a) Around 300,000.
(b) 180,000.
(c) Less than 200,000.
(d) 220,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At Carlisle, how old was a girl who was raped in her dormitory bed?

2. How old was Treuer's grandmother when she was sent to Tomah Indian Industrial School in Tomah, Wisconsin?

3. When were peaceful Blackfeet massacred on the Marais River?

4. When were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?

5. How many Lakota survived Wounded Knee?

(see the answer key)

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