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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 fort do the Navajos attack in retaliation for troops destroying crops?
(a) Fort Apache
(b) Fort Sumpter
(c) The Alamo
(d) Fort Defiance

2. What Indian chief always carried a flag and medals from President Lincoln because he thought that these would protect him?
(a) Sitting Bull
(b) Running Bear
(c) Red Cloud
(d) Lean Bear

3. What white man tries to get these Indians to sign a peace treaty?
(a) John Bent
(b) William Sheridan
(c) Edward Wynkoop
(d) Kit Carson

4. Name the chief who said the following statement: "The Cheyennes do not break their word."
(a) Chief Lean Bear
(b) Chief One Eye
(c) Chief Black Kettle
(d) Chief Sitting Bull

5. What do the white men call these 5 Sioux chiefs?
(a) The Sand Creek survivors
(b) The Outlaws of Cheyenne
(c) The Friends of Lincoln
(d) The Laramie Loafers

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tribe listed below was not living in the Southeast region of the US when their land was taken?

2. The Sioux chiefs are invited to a peace conference at what fort?

3. What causes the Santee Sioux to want to leave the reservation?

4. What fort is involved in Little Crow's War?

5. Whose comment became the famous phrase, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian"?

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