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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which city does the narrator focus on as a center for urban Indians?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Oakland.
(c) New York City.
(d) Atlanta.

2. What was the title of the first novel ever written by a Native person?
(a) Don Quixote.
(b) The Drum Circle.
(c) The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta.
(d) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

3. Which policy involved moving Indians to cities?
(a) The Indian Relocation Act.
(b) The Move Natives Away Act.
(c) The Indian Termination Act.
(d) The Find Natives a Home Act.

4. In the old Cheyenne folktale, what happens to the rolling head after it drinks the water from the chasm?
(a) The rolling head starts singing.
(b) The rolling head becomes confused and drunk.
(c) The rolling head dies.
(d) The rolling head bursts into flames.

5. What does the husband in the old Cheyenne folktale do with the creature after he kills it?
(a) He burns it.
(b) He brings the meat home and serves it to his children.
(c) He drinks its blood.
(d) He chops it up and uses it in a ceremony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tribe did Metacomet belong to?

2. Who is the Italian actor that often played Indian parts in movies and television programs?

3. In 1637, colonists massacred hundreds of Pequot Indians at what event?

4. Which colonel led the volunteer militias that were so brutal to Indians?

5. What was Chief Massasoit's son's name?

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