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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The War to Save the Buffalo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1868 the Cheyenne, Kiowa, Arapaho, and Comanche are ordered to do what?
(a) Surrender at Fort Laramie
(b) Return to a reservation
(c) Move to Canada
(d) Surrender at Fort Cobb

2. What white man tries to get these Indians to sign a peace treaty?
(a) Kit Carson
(b) Edward Wynkoop
(c) William Sheridan
(d) John Bent

3. When Cochise is imprisoned for something he did not do what is his reaction?
(a) He escapes and moves to Mexico
(b) He attacks the court judge
(c) He escapes and kills three white men
(d) He has no reaction

4. Of the 3,700,000 buffalo killed from 1872 to 1874 how many were killed by the Indian tribes?
(a) 1,000,000
(b) 2,000,000
(c) 150,000
(d) 3,000,000

5. The great Cheyennes warriors are called what?
(a) Storm troopers
(b) Dog soldiers
(c) Ghost warriors
(d) Friends of the Great Spirit

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the leaders of the Sioux warriors is a Hunkpapa chief named what?

2. One of the Sioux's most famous warriors during the Powder River encounters goes by what name?

3. How long does Little Crow's War last?

4. What name did the Arapaho give to the attack of Connor's men on the Arapaho village that resulted in the slaughter of 50 Indians?

5. When Cochise falls deathly ill, who tries to save him?

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