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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. Where does the author, Dee Brown say the Indians learned their savage practices?
(a) Ffrom the white soldiers
(b) From Spanish explorers
(c) From English settlers
(d) From tribes to the north

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

3. When does Geronimo die?
(a) 1904
(b) 1894
(c) 1900
(d) 1898

4. Cochise's tribe is offered protection at what fort?
(a) Fort Apache
(b) Fort Tularosa
(c) Fort Defiance
(d) Fort Wise

5. In 1873 why does Captain Jack decide to fight the white soldiers?
(a) The soldiers had killed his family
(b) To protect his sacred homeland
(c) To protect Hooker Jim
(d) To protect his sister

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is Kintpuash usually known by?

2. Who is Big Snake?

3. In 1865 what US General was preparing a new military initiative against the Indians near the Black Hills?

4. What is the name of the reservation where the Navajo are forced to live?

5. What event in January of 1863 causes Cochise to go back on the war path?

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