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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Deloria, when did many traditionally religious people begin to embrace the Indian religion?
(a) 1920's.
(b) 1950's.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1970's.

2. What does BIA stand for?
(a) Blackfoot Indian Association.
(b) Brooklyn Indian Administration.
(c) Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(d) Basic Indian Area.

3. Chapter 1 says that many people believed Indian settlements were located where?
(a) Becoming extinct.
(b) Places for teenagers to party.
(c) Sitting atop valuable resources, such as oil and minerals.
(d) Sacred and forbidden to tourists.

4. In Chapter 3, "The Religious Challenge," what incident is being discussed?
(a) Peaceful co-existence between Indians and Whites.
(b) The ransacking of a federal building.
(c) Wounded Knee.
(d) Ceremonial Indian affairs.

5. According to Chapter 3, when was there rampant interest in American Indian traditions?
(a) 1950's.
(b) 1970's.
(c) 1990's.
(d) 1920's.

6. Name one reason mentioned in Chapter 4 that tribal religions hold a place sacred.
(a) They practice magic there.
(b) They love the land.
(c) Their beliefs and experiences are based on relationships with other living things.
(d) No answer is correct.

7. During the 1950's, the BIA initiated a relocation program in California in an attempt to sell something that belonged to the Indians. What were they trying to sell?
(a) Indian land.
(b) Indian scalps.
(c) Indian jewelry.
(d) Reservations.

8. What was the reason for most Indian protests?
(a) Territorial boundaries.
(b) Tribal attire.
(c) Disputes among tribes.
(d) The violation of government treaties.

9. Using the example of the Crusades, Deloria accuses Christians of which of the following?
(a) Going on a retreat.
(b) Attacking other cultures.
(c) Spreading their beliefs.
(d) Witnessing to the Indians.

10. What does Deloria believe caused science to pierce the veil of nature?
(a) Bunson burners.
(b) Modern medicine.
(c) The atomic bomb.
(d) Space shuttles.

11. In Chapter 5, which of the following Christian beliefs does Deloria claim concerns American Indians?
(a) Nature is not important.
(b) Man has dominion over the rest of creation.
(c) Jesus will come again.
(d) Sin exists in the world.

12. What are the two stereotypical categories Deloria refers to?
(a) Murderers and horse thieves.
(b) Warlike savages and wise old men.
(c) Hunters and gathers.
(d) Educated and uneducated.

13. The National Indian Youth Council published a pamphlet to inform the public of Gallup's actions. What was the title of this pamphlet?
(a) "When Our Grandfathers Had Guns."
(b) "Wait Until We Get Even."
(c) "Shame on Gallup."
(d) "How to Treat Indians."

14. In Chapter 6, the author explains that American Indians held no importance for which of the following?
(a) Living long lives.
(b) Keeping a calendar.
(c) Worshipping trees.
(d) Remembering events.

15. In Chapter 5, Deloria explains that the Indian beliefs of creation go back to what concept?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Time and space.
(c) Old verses new.
(d) Chronological events.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 1 says that the first great protest was held on what border?

2. Christianity and Indians agree that there is a significant role of ________________ in religion.

3. Deloria says that some tribal religions believe humans can turn into animals, birds and which of the following?

4. What did the Civil Rights Movement promise?

5. Deloria also claims that many Christians are "married" to the idea that Columbus ___________________.

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