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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Treuer watch Indian fighting matches in 2012?
(a) Mille Lac Reservation.
(b) Leech Lake Reservation.
(c) Deer Creek Reservation.
(d) Bois Fort Reservation.

2. At about what time was Acoma settled?
(a) 1150 CE.
(b) 1000 CE.
(c) 1050 CE.
(d) 1100 CE.

3. When did Sam Cleveland's mother commit suicide?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2005.

4. During the first five years of the California gold rush, how many tons of gold were mined by placer mining?
(a) More than 370.
(b) 410.
(c) 355.
(d) About 290.

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

6. When Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida in 1513, how long had Indians been living there?
(a) About 10,000 years.
(b) 11,000 years.
(c) 15,000 years.
(d) At least 12,000 years.

7. When did a group of Meskwaki get permission from the Iowa state legislature to buy land in Tama County?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1903.

8. From what Indian tribe is Kevin Washburn from?
(a) Chickasaw.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Apache.
(d) Paiute.

9. When was an order for Sitting Bull's arrest issued?
(a) December 15, 1890.
(b) November 9, 1890.
(c) October 11, 1890.
(d) September 30, 1890.

10. In 1495, how many Indians did Columbus ship back to Spain for sale?
(a) 390.
(b) 620.
(c) 480.
(d) 550.

11. How many acres of land may have been irrigated by the Hohokam?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 18,000.

12. What Indians fought during the Revolutionary War and brought supplies and support to Washington and his troops when they were starving at Valley Forge?
(a) Iroquois.
(b) Chippewa.
(c) Oneida.
(d) Pamunkey.

13. About how large is Leech Lake Reservation?
(a) 60 by 60 miles.
(b) 40 by 40 miles.
(c) 30 by 30 miles.
(d) 50 by 50 miles.

14. When was the second Treaty of Fort Laramie signed?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1862.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When were 173 Blackfeet Indians killed by U.S. troops when they were directed to the wrong camp?

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

4. By the late 1870s, approximately how many bison were killed per day?

5. When did Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) land on the mainland of North America?

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