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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the Blackfeet known as?
(a) Piikuni.
(b) Inaja.
(c) Alturas.
(d) Cachil.

2. What was the life expectancy for Indians by 1970?
(a) Between 55 and 60.
(b) Between 60 and 70.
(c) Between 70 and 80.
(d) Between 50 and 65.

3. When did the Massachusetts Bay Colony set fire to the palisaded village of the Pequot Indians?
(a) 1581.
(b) 1594.
(c) 1637.
(d) 1611.

4. When did Treuer's parents move to Washington, D.C.?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1961.

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

6. By 1987, where were the biggest concentraion of casinos in the U.S.?
(a) Iowa.
(b) California and Oklahoma.
(c) Florida.
(d) Minnesota and Kansas.

7. How many people lived in Blackfeet bands when they roamed the Plains?
(a) 50 to 175.
(b) 90 to 220.
(c) 40 to 120.
(d) 80 to 200.

8. When did Truman integrate the armed forces?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1948.

9. What descent was Sarah Agaton Howe's mother?
(a) Norwegian.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Finnish.

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

11. When did the Black Panthers cease to exist as a viable political force?
(a) 2000s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1980s.

12. By 1975, how many Indian-run schools were there across the U.S. and Canada with culturally specific curricula?
(a) 31.
(b) 24.
(c) 16.
(d) 48.

13. By what percent did the number of Indian-owned businesses grow between 1990 and 1997?
(a) 91%.
(b) 84%.
(c) 78%.
(d) 69%.

14. By what percent did the population of Indians incrased from 1980 to 1990?
(a) 27%.
(b) 38%.
(c) 19%.
(d) 42%.

15. In 2010, what was the unemployment rate for Native American communities nationwide?
(a) 48%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 19%.
(d) 26%.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1988, how much was tribal gaming revenue brining in annually?

2. In 2016, how many acres was Wozupi?

3. What was the first property tax bill that Helen and Russell Bryan received on their trailer in 1971?

4. When Treuer and Bob Matthews collected pinecones, how much did Bob think a bushel would sell for?

5. In 1974, what percent of Washington state's annual catch was awarded to tribes by the Boldt Decision?

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