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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many of the federally recognized Indian tribes in the U.S. have game operations?
(a) 420.
(b) 190.
(c) 238.
(d) 380.

3. When did the Jicarilla Apache win in the Supreme Court a case against energy companies?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1996.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2010, what was the unemployment rate for Native American communities nationwide?

2. When did the Birtch Creek dam break and cause a terrible flood?

3. How long was the voyage that retraced Colubmus's route frm Spain to the Caribbean in 1992?

4. In 1970, how many Indians, on or off the reservation, lived below the poverty level?

5. When did Congress pass the Native American languages Act, the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, and the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the protest on the edge of the Standing Rock Reservation, and what did it accomplish?

2. What was the Indian Education Act?

3. What did Indian tribes get when Helen Bryan and her husband sued regarding property taxes?

4. When and why was the first blood-quantum law passed in Virginia?

5. How did Sarah Agaton Howes become interested in running and wellness?

6. What was the Kansas Act?

7. Have casinos made Indians rich?

8. Where is Bob Matthews' office when he and Treuer meet and why?

9. What information did Treuer share about his mother?

10. How did the Menominee lose their land?

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