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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Popovi Da say about the Indians being the first people in American?
(a) "We knew a good thing when we saw it."
(b) "We saw it first."
(c) "We love the reservation, what's not to love?"
(d) "We had reservations."

2. What Department was the Bureau of Indian Affairs transferred to when it opened in 1849?
(a) The Department of the Interior.
(b) The Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
(c) The Department of Commerce.
(d) The War Department.

3. What favorite hymn surprised old warriors in church?
(a) Onward Christian Soldiers.
(b) My God is an Awesome God.
(c) Closer my God to Thee.
(d) By the River.

4. How does the Native American Church view death?
(a) As a warning from God.
(b) As a natural occurrence and not a special punishment.
(c) As a punishment.
(d) As a symbol of peace.

5. What provides keen insight into a group's collective psyche?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Clowns.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Irony and Satire.

6. What did the white man systematically destroy for the Indians?
(a) Their art.
(b) Their culture.
(c) Their schools.
(d) Their language.

7. What was the first concern of mission work on the reservation?
(a) Getting the Indians food.
(b) Getting clothing for the Indians.
(c) Land on which to build churches, homes, storehouses and other monuments.
(d) Getting the Indians to come to church.

8. What was the main goal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs when it was started?
(a) To prevent the extinction of the Indian.
(b) To dirve the Indians to Oklahoma.
(c) To make sure the Indian became extinct.
(d) To drive the Indians to reservations.

9. What did the Supreme Court do in June of 1968?
(a) It drained a dam and gave Indians back land on the east coast.
(b) Interpreted an ancient statute in favor of blacks in the matter of purchasing a house.
(c) It ruled in favor of urban development for Indians.
(d) It ruled in favor of water rights for African Americans.

10. What is the highest form of behavior in the Native American Church?
(a) To tend to the sick.
(b) To share one's goods.
(c) To pray.
(d) To be in church on Sundays.

11. In 1967, where was the conference on Manpower held?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Seattle.

12. What is the joke about the Bureau of Indian Affairs area office in Portland?
(a) That the office doesn't exist, it is a mirage.
(b) That Judge Crater and Amelia Earhart were hidden somewhere in the Portland office.
(c) That you have to walk through the paperwork.
(d) That you need a crane to see into the office.

13. How is the top job in the Bureau of Indian Affairs filled?
(a) The person is voted in by the Indians.
(b) The Senate picks the person.
(c) By appointment.
(d) The House picks the person.

14. What were the record years for the Christian church on the reservations?
(a) 1855 to 1863.
(b) 1870 to 1930.
(c) 1850 to 1900.
(d) 1863 to 1910.

15. Who is Frank Takes Gun?
(a) The leader of the Native American Church.
(b) A gun-control lobbyist.
(c) The chairman of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(d) The author of this book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Minneapolis do in Tama, Iowa?

2. What kind of groups, according to the author, do people have little sympathy for?

3. What did Louie Sitting Crow do for fun?

4. Why are the Five Civilized Tribes thus named?

5. When Indians looked at pictures of the Disciples, what were they surprised to find?

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