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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. What event brought in an unexpected influx of white men to Colorado in 1858?
(a) Buffalo hunting
(b) Opening the Denver mint
(c) California gold rush
(d) Pike's Peak gold rush

2. Who receives the credit for naming Native Americans "Indians?"
(a) Marco Polo
(b) John Cabot
(c) Christopher Columbus
(d) Andrew Jackson

3. How is Manuelito cheated in this event?
(a) His dueling gun is jammed
(b) The horse reins are cut
(c) His foot trail is longer
(d) His gun sights are changed

4. The Arapahos scatter and join in with some Sioux Indians, their total number is about how many warriors?
(a) 400
(b) 100
(c) 50
(d) 1000

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Roman Nose gets upset with a woman preparing his food because she does what?

2. What is the name of a new road through Red Cloud's country?

3. What Cheyennes warrior warns an Arapaho village of an impending attack by Connor's men?

4. At what location are most of the Cheyennes Indians massacred?

5. The great Cheyennes warriors are called what?

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