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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Flight of the Nez Perces.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event caused problems for the Indians who were living in the Black Hills?
(a) A train is built through the Black Hills
(b) Gold was discovered
(c) Some of the Indians started raiding white settlements
(d) General Custer decides to start arresting Indians

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

3. After a treaty meeting between US soldiers and Cheyennes chief's this man said, " I felt myself in the presence of superior beings:"
(a) General Sheridan
(b) Major Wynkoop
(c) Chief Lean Bear
(d) Chief One Eye

4. In 1868 what does Red Cloud do?
(a) Attacks Fort Laramie
(b) Leaves the Powder River territory
(c) Agrees to a peace treaty
(d) Moves into Canada

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Red Cloud's war last?

2. When the white men first appeared what was Cochise's attitude?

3. When Cochise is imprisoned for something he did not do what is his reaction?

4. What did the relocation of the Cherokee to Oklahoma become known as?

5. Most of the remaining Cheyennes Indians are removed to an area along what river?

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