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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. The Sioux warriors force the soldiers to retreat to what fort?
(a) Fort Defiance
(b) Fort Connor
(c) Fort Snelling
(d) Fort Wise

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

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

4. What is the name of the Fort where the Santee Sioux are kept until they are finally put on a reservation?
(a) Fort Snelling
(b) Fort Defiance
(c) Fort Sherman
(d) Fort Ridgely

5. In 1865 what US General was preparing a new military initiative against the Indians near the Black Hills?
(a) General Custer
(b) General Sherman
(c) General Connor
(d) General Sheridan

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the US soldiers confront two Kiowa chiefs, Santana and Lone Wolf?

2. What Kiowa chief eventually leads the tribe off of the reservation?

3. Who is sent to deal with the Kiowa Indians who are not obeying the orders given them?

4. How does Chief Santana die?

5. Cochise dies in what year?

(see the answer key)

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