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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Only Good Indian Is a Dead Indian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Red Cloud, Man Afraid of his Horses, and Dull Knife?
(a) Three chiefs who betray the Sioux nation
(b) Three prominant Sioux warrior chiefs
(c) Three surviving Arapaho chiefs
(d) Sitting Bull's most famous followers

2. What is the name of the Wampanoag chief who was killed in 1675?
(a) Captain Jack
(b) Red Cloud
(c) Tecumseh
(d) King Phillip

3. Where are most of the warring Sioux at this time?
(a) Along the Arkansas river
(b) Along the Powder river
(c) Along the Colorado river
(d) Along the Mississippi river

4. Most of the remaining Cheyennes Indians are removed to an area along what river?
(a) Colorado river
(b) Arkansas river
(c) Rio Grande river
(d) Washita river

5. What US general declared war on the Navajo and Apache?
(a) General Carleton
(b) General Custer
(c) General Sherman
(d) General Sheridan

Short Answer Questions

1. Who absolves many of the Santee Sioux of their war crimes?

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

3. What famous chief was leading the Navaho nation in 1860?

4. What is Manifest Destiny?

5. Who led a private expedition into the Powder River region in 1865?

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