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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On December 20, 1890, how many followers left Standing Rock Reservation with Spotted Elk?
(a) 120.
(b) 460.
(c) 280.
(d) 350.

2. At Carlisle, how old was a girl who was raped in her dormitory bed?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

3. When was the first Homestead Act passed?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1864.

4. After the Civil War, how much did the Seminoles have to sell their reservation for?
(a) 20 cents an acre.
(b) 5 cents an acre.
(c) 10 cents an acre.
(d) 15 cents an acre.

5. In 2002 when Indians in Minnesota made up one percent of the state population, what percent made up the prison population?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

7. Where was a large homeland secured for the Lakota in the second Treaty of Fort Laramie?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Northwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah.
(c) Southwestern South Dakota and northern Nebraska.
(d) Nebraska.

8. Where was the author raised?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) North Dakota.

9. When were the last compulsory boarding school programs suspended?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1938.
(c) Late 1920s.
(d) Late 1930s.

10. By the late 1870s, approximately how many bison were killed per day?
(a) Around 4,500.
(b) About 5,000.
(c) 3,200.
(d) 7,000.

11. When did a party of Dakota attack a Ojibwe sugar camp near the Saint Croix River?
(a) March 1850.
(b) February 1850.
(c) April 1850.
(d) June 1850.

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

13. When did Sitting Bull formally surrender to government forces?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1883.

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

15. When did Columbus make a fourth voyage to the Caribbean?
(a) 1509.
(b) 1511.
(c) 1502.
(d) 1500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weight was Sam Cleveland down to in 2012 so he could wrestle in March?

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

3. What is Treuer's ancestral village?

4. How many days did it take to find Zintkala Nuni or Lost Bird after her mother was gunned down at Wounded Knee Creek?

5. When Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida in 1513, how long had Indians been living there?

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