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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Gold Rush cause the American Indians to do?
(a) Celebrate.
(b) Move to Canada.
(c) Protest.
(d) Welcome newcomers.

2. In Chapter 5, the discussion states that there are many differences between what two religions?
(a) Catholics and Protestants.
(b) Christianity and Indian tribal religions.
(c) Methodists and Baptists.
(d) No answer is correct.

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

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

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

6. In Chapter3, ecologists tried to turn attention away from the Civil Rights Movement by turning attention to what?
(a) Ocean temperature.
(b) Bacteria in the ocean.
(c) The continent's rapidly deteriorating ecosystem.
(d) The environment.

7. In Chapter 3, the explosion of the New Age culture is attributed to people being interested in creating their own religion to suit their needs. Name another non-traditional form of worship that drew attention from the New Age culture.
(a) Demonology.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Numerology

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

9. Why did some whites dig up Indian bodies from their graves?
(a) To sell the skulls.
(b) To sell the bones.
(c) To sell the clothes.
(d) To sell the buried treasure.

10. By the 1960's, how did many tribes across the country begin to protest their treatment?
(a) Marching across the country.
(b) Writing news articles.
(c) Scalping their enemies.
(d) Asserting their tribal identity.

11. Deloria asserts that Indian religions think of creation as the environment and how it relates to what?
(a) Other planets.
(b) The moon.
(c) A specific place.
(d) History.

12. The author emphasizes that Indian religions are not _________________________.
(a) Superstitious.
(b) In conflict with nature.
(c) Sin oriented.
(d) Old traditions.

13. During the 1960's, what made the American people realize that there were still a large number of American Indians in the United States?
(a) More movies about Indians were made.
(b) Many Indians moved to the city.
(c) Indian protests.
(d) It was on the Internet.

14. What group accused the Gallup Chamber of Commerce of holding a Gallup ceremony in which Indians were not allowed to participate?
(a) National Indian Youth Council.
(b) Central Intelligence Agency.
(c) Bureau of Indidan Affairs.
(d) No answers are correct.

15. Finish this sentence: Deloria teaches that American Indians had almost no use for __________________________________.
(a) Living long lives.
(b) Religion.
(c) Keeping track of past events.
(d) Worshipping trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. However, regarding time, the author said the Plains Indians use an animal hide to do what?

2. In the 1960's, the Indians protested against government programs that stripped timber from their forests. What other privilege was taken away?

3. According to Chapter 3, when was there rampant interest in American Indian traditions?

4. Chapter 5 says Christians believe creation began when?

5. Deloria claims that many cultures perceive God as man because of which of the following?

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