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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Flight of the Nez Perces.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chief Santana die?
(a) He jumps from a prison hospital window
(b) He is killed in a raid on Fort Richardson
(c) He dies of old age on the reservation
(d) He is killed by Lone Wolf

2. Where is Little Crow finally defeated?
(a) The Little Big Horn River
(b) The Rio Grande River
(c) The Yellow Medicine River
(d) The Washita River

3. What Indian chief leads a raid that ends in killings at Fort Richardson?
(a) Kicking Bird
(b) Lone Wolf
(c) Santana
(d) Big Tree

4. Where does Captain Jack move his tribe?
(a) The Canyonlands
(b) The California lava beds
(c) The Utah salt flats
(d) Death Valley

5. What Cheyennes chief tries to negotiate a truce in the increasing conflict?
(a) Sitting Bull
(b) Black Kettle
(c) Crazy Horse
(d) Lean Bear

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Roman Nose specifically refuse to meet with?

2. What government group did the Nez Perces help in 1805?

3. 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?

4. Where does the author, Dee Brown say the Indians learned their savage practices?

5. Who receives the credit for naming Native Americans "Indians?"

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