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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. Why is a treaty not signed at Fort Laramie?
(a) The indians are tricked by General Sherman
(b) The indians learn about a road planned for Powder River
(c) The indians are massacred in the fort
(d) The indians are incited by a speech by Sitting Bull

2. When Roman Nose refuses to return to talk to Hancock what does Hancock do?
(a) Goes back to Washington
(b) Declares war on all indians
(c) Hangs several chiefs
(d) Atttacks unsuspecting villages

3. How many Indian nations comprised the Iroquios?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 7
(d) 5

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. Along what river does Red Cloud want his people to reside?
(a) Platte river
(b) Raccoon river
(c) Missouri river
(d) Colorado river

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who receives the credit for naming Native Americans "Indians?"

3. In 1877 the Nez Perces defeat the soldiers at what battle?

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

5. What are the Kiowa's forced to do by the white soldiers?

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