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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dance of the Ghosts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cochise is a chief for what tribe?
(a) Santee Sioux
(b) Arapaho
(c) Chiracahua Apache
(d) Nez Perce

2. Standing Bear is a chief for what tribe?
(a) Nez Perces
(b) Poncas
(c) Blackfoot
(d) Sioux

3. Why did more federal troops come to the Colorado area in the mid to late 1860s?
(a) To hunt down renegade indians
(b) To hunt for Confederate soldiers
(c) To build a railroad
(d) To open up more forts

4. How does Sitting Bull die?
(a) He commits suicide
(b) He dies in a drunken stuper
(c) He is arrested and shot by Indian officers
(d) He is hanged for war crimes

5. How long does Little Crow's War last?
(a) 1 year
(b) 1 month
(c) 6 months
(d) 1 week

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Red Cloud deliver an address on Indian rights?

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

3. What Kiowa chief eventually leads the tribe off of the reservation?

4. Who is the Indian agent who develops a plan to move the Utes to a reservation?

5. What white man tries to help the Cheyennes end their conflict with the soldiers?

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