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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, according to the author, is the problem with the white man's economic system?
(a) It is not real.
(b) It is based on the stock market.
(c) It is separate from European and Japanese markets.
(d) It is not based on the world economy.

2. Among the Sioux in the Dakotas, what was the Sun Dance reinterpreted as?
(a) Tenebre service.
(b) Christmas service.
(c) Palm Sunday service.
(d) The annual convocation of the missions on each reservation.

3. Who did Clyde Warrior support in the 1964 Presidential Campaign?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Goldwater.

4. What happened during World War II on reservations?
(a) Indians were drafted and many reservations lost their leaders.
(b) Women took over men's jobs, just like in the rest of the country.
(c) Money increased under Roosevelt and the reservations were well funded.
(d) All progress stopped and funds were scarce.

5. How do the Indians control social situations?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Talking.
(c) Singing.
(d) Teasing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Native American Church use in its sacramental worship life?

2. As stated in Part 8, what must the white man do before he can relate to others?

3. Who was Clyde Warrior?

4. When death is unreal, how does this affect violence?

5. What do the Indians believe about land?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do the Indians deserve the services they get? Why? Why not?

2. What did missionaries do to the Indian's religious life when they arrived on the reservations?

3. Discuss the Indian religious idea of sharing one's goods.

4. How does white culture destroy other cultures?

5. Why were other groups insulted by the cards that read "We Shall Overrun?"

6. What does the Indian religion require of its followers that is so vastly different from Christian religions?

7. Why have the Indians never been involved with the Civil Rights movement?

8. What have been the views, according to the author, of Christianity regarding slavery, poverty and treachery?

9. Why have many tribes decided NOT to use government help to build up their reservations?

10. How is teasing used as a teaching tool for Indians and how can it be used as a parenting tool?

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