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

2. Who led a private expedition into the Powder River region in 1865?
(a) John Bent
(b) John Clark
(c) James Sawyers
(d) Patrick Connor

3. Whose comment became the famous phrase, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian"?
(a) General Sheridan
(b) General Hancock
(c) General Sherman
(d) General Custer

4. When Cochise falls deathly ill, who tries to save him?
(a) An Apache medicine man
(b) A Doctor from Reno, Nevada
(c) A US Army Surgeon
(d) A Mormon missionary

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cochise's father in law?

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

3. Which warrior refuses to attend thus stopping the talks?

4. Where do Santana and Big Tree go to attend peace talks?

5. What event in January of 1863 causes Cochise to go back on the war path?

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