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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1990 census, how many people identified as American Indian or Alaskan native?
(a) 1.5 million.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 2.5 million.

2. How many of the hundreds of Indian languages are expected to be viable into the twenty-second century?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

3. In 1994, what day did the United Nations declare would be International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples?
(a) July 24.
(b) September 19.
(c) October 12.
(d) August 9.

4. In 1970, how many Indians, on or off the reservation, lived below the poverty level?
(a) 40%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 35%.

5. In 2008, what was the unemployment rate at Leech Lake?
(a) 25%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 35%.

6. How much was distributed by the Pechanga Resort and Casino in 2006 in gaming profits to each tribal member?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $290,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $59,000.

7. How long was the protest on the edge of the Standing Rock Reservation against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 15 months.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 8 months.

8. When did the Birtch Creek dam break and cause a terrible flood?
(a) May 13, 1964.
(b) April 9, 1964.
(c) July 24, 1964.
(d) June 8, 1964.

9. What did Matthews and Treuer collect when they met in the woods?
(a) Trash.
(b) Spruce cones.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Leaves.

10. When did Treuer drive from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Browning, Montana?
(a) Fall 2014.
(b) Spring 2014.
(c) Summer 2014.
(d) Winter 2014.

11. Where did Chelsey Luger go to college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Brown.
(d) Dartmouth.

12. How many hours of cutting were required to get ten pounds of cranberry bark?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

13. How much did leeches sell for per pound at the time Treuer talked with Bob Matthews?
(a) $10 to $15.
(b) $19.
(c) $8 to $12.
(d) $14.

14. When was the Turtle Mountain Reservation officially created by Congress?
(a) 1880s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1860s.
(d) 1890s.

15. What Indian tribe lives in Browning, Montana.
(a) Blackfeet Nation.
(b) Iroquois Nation.
(c) Apache.
(d) Arapaho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What descent was Sarah Agaton Howe's mother?

2. By what percent did the number of Indian-owned businesses grow between 1990 and 1997?

3. When was the first blood-quantum law passed in America?

4. Where were most of the early founders of the American Indian Movemnt (AIM) from?

5. As of 2017, how many tribes across the country have banished or disenrolled at least 8,000 tribal members in the past two decades?

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