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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Little Crow die?
(a) He is hanged for his war crimes
(b) He is starved to death
(c) He is killed while looking for food
(d) He is taken to Washington and killled by a firing squad

3. 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

4. Who turns their backs on John Bent?
(a) His Indian wife
(b) The US soldiers
(c) His own sons
(d) The Cheyenne nation

5. The great Cheyennes warriors are called what?
(a) Friends of the Great Spirit
(b) Dog soldiers
(c) Ghost warriors
(d) Storm troopers

6. The Arapahos scatter and join in with some Sioux Indians, their total number is about how many warriors?
(a) 100
(b) 50
(c) 400
(d) 1000

7. How is Manuelito cheated in this event?
(a) His dueling gun is jammed
(b) His foot trail is longer
(c) His gun sights are changed
(d) The horse reins are cut

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

9. Where are most of the warring Sioux at this time?
(a) Along the Powder river
(b) Along the Colorado river
(c) Along the Arkansas river
(d) Along the Mississippi river

10. What event brought in an unexpected influx of white men to Colorado in 1858?
(a) California gold rush
(b) Pike's Peak gold rush
(c) Opening the Denver mint
(d) Buffalo hunting

11. How long does Red Cloud's war last?
(a) About 10 years
(b) About 1 month
(c) About 2 years
(d) About 6 months

12. What famous chief was leading the Navaho nation in 1860?
(a) Crazy Horse
(b) Manuelito
(c) Geronimo
(d) Cochise

13. One character is chapter has a name which means "Keeper of the Western Door of the Long House of the Iroquois." Who is this?
(a) US Grant
(b) Ely Parker
(c) William Sherman
(d) Winfield Scott

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

15. Red Cloud and Dull Knife do what with James Sawyers?
(a) Kill and mutilate him
(b) Sign a temporary treaty
(c) Make him an honorary member of their tribe
(d) Run him out of their territory

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a new road through Red Cloud's country?

2. What is the most infamous battle of Red Cloud's war?

3. What event led to a widespread invasion of the West by white men?

4. One of the leaders of the Sioux warriors is a Hunkpapa chief named what?

5. What was located between the Pecos mountains and the Rio Grande?

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