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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 3,000,000
(d) 150,000

2. In 1904 what caused the death of Chief Joseph?
(a) A broken heart
(b) Starvation
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) He was killed by another Indian

3. Where does Custer's last stand take place?
(a) The Battle of the Rosebud
(b) The Battle of the Little Big Horn
(c) The Battle of Mount Rushmore
(d) The Battle of the Powder River

4. Where do Santana and Big Tree go to attend peace talks?
(a) Fort Laramie
(b) St. Louis
(c) Fort Richardson
(d) Washington

5. Where does Crazy Horse surrender his tribe?
(a) Fort Donnelson
(b) Fort Laramie
(c) Fort Robinson
(d) Fort Snelling

6. Where did Kintpuash's tribe live until after 1850?
(a) Utah
(b) Nevada
(c) Northern California
(d) Idaho

7. What item of clothing are followers of the Ghost Dance supposed to possess?
(a) Ghost shoes
(b) Ghost gloves
(c) Ghost hats
(d) Ghost shirts

8. Where does Sitting Bull go after Custer's Last Stand?
(a) Yellowstone
(b) The Black Hills
(c) The state of Idaho
(d) The Grand Canyon

9. What Kiowa chief counsels to stay on the reservation?
(a) Sitting Bull
(b) Crazy Horse
(c) Kicking Bird
(d) Ten Bears

10. When captured, what does Hooker Jim offer to do?
(a) Serve as a scout for the soldiers
(b) Help round up other indian tribes
(c) Lead his tribe back to the reservation
(d) Turn Captain Jack over to the soldiers

11. Who is sent to deal with the Kiowa Indians who are not obeying the orders given them?
(a) General Hood
(b) General Hancock
(c) General Sherman
(d) General Custer

12. When Geronimo is apprehended where is he taken?
(a) Oklahoma
(b) Washington
(c) New Mexico
(d) Florida

13. Who launches a campaign to move the Utes all the way to the Indian territory?
(a) Vickers
(b) Denver
(c) Sutton
(d) Meeker

14. What chief works to keep the Indians in the Black Hills at peace with the soldiers?
(a) Sitting Bull
(b) Kicking Bird
(c) Red Cloud
(d) Crazy Horse

15. The Kiowas and Comanches go to what state to kill whites?
(a) South Dakota
(b) Colorado
(c) Texas
(d) Kansas

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Victorio?

2. When Santana and Big Tree are arrested who negotiates their release?

3. When does Sitting Bull return to the United States?

4. Who is the founder of the Ghost Dance religion?

5. Who is Big Snake?

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