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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) 350.
(b) 280.
(c) 120.
(d) 460.

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

3. On what lake is the town of Bena?
(a) Lake Winnibigoshish.
(b) Sixmile Lake.
(c) Ball Club Lake.
(d) Leech Lake.

4. When did Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) land on the mainland of North America?
(a) 1488.
(b) 1483.
(c) 1497.
(d) 1490.

5. Where did thousands of Cherokee, Seminole, Creek, Choctaw, and Chicasaw families move to from Oklahoma and became homesteaders?
(a) Missouri and Texas.
(b) Nebraska, Colorado, and Utah.
(c) Wyoming and Montana.
(d) Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado.

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

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

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

9. How many more times likely were Native students to drop out of house school than whites?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

10. What is Treuer's ancestral village?
(a) Mission.
(b) Inger.
(c) Ball Club.
(d) Bena.

11. When did Jack Wilson have a vision of the Ghost Dance?
(a) April 7, 1889.
(b) January 1, 1889.
(c) March 11, 1889.
(d) February 17, 1889.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Spanish attempt to settle in what is present-day South Carolina?

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

3. How many square miles do the Great Plains cover?

4. When did English fishing fleets begin fishing in Newfoundland waters?

5. When was the first Homestead Act passed?

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