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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eventually the remaining Cheyennes are allowed to move to a reservation on what River?
(a) The Tongue River
(b) The Powder River
(c) The Missouri River
(d) The Platte River

2. In 1904 what caused the death of Chief Joseph?
(a) Starvation
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) He was killed by another Indian
(d) A broken heart

3. The Kiowas and Comanches go to what state to kill whites?
(a) Kansas
(b) South Dakota
(c) Texas
(d) Colorado

4. Dull Knife decides to leave the reservation to go to the reservation where what Chief now resides?
(a) Red Cloud
(b) Chief Joseph
(c) Sitting Bull
(d) Crazy Horse

5. Who is the founder of the Ghost Dance religion?
(a) Red Cloud
(b) Wovoka
(c) Sitting Bull
(d) Kicking Bear

6. Where do Santana and Big Tree go to attend peace talks?
(a) St. Louis
(b) Washington
(c) Fort Laramie
(d) Fort Richardson

7. Who is Big Snake?
(a) Standing Bear's Son
(b) Standing Bear's killer
(c) Standing Bear's brother
(d) Standing Bear's father

8. In 1863, to where were the Nez Perces moved?
(a) Idaho
(b) Colorado
(c) Wyoming
(d) Montana

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

10. What item of clothing are followers of the Ghost Dance supposed to possess?
(a) Ghost hats
(b) Ghost gloves
(c) Ghost shirts
(d) Ghost shoes

11. When Santana and Big Tree are arrested who negotiates their release?
(a) Sitting Bull
(b) Red Cloud
(c) Lone Wolf
(d) Kicking Bird

12. What government group did the Nez Perces help in 1805?
(a) The US Army Expeditiary Force
(b) The National Park Service
(c) The National Geographic Survey
(d) The Lewis and Clark Expedition

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

14. In 1877 the Nez Perces defeat the soldiers at what battle?
(a) The Battle of the Washita
(b) The Battle of Wounded Knee
(c) The battle of White Bird Canyon
(d) The Battle of the Rosebud

15. Where were the Utes finally placed in 1881?
(a) the Indian territory
(b) Utah
(c) Idaho
(d) Nevada

Short Answer Questions

1. What tribe abused the Modoc tribe?

2. In 1894 where does Geronimo go to live?

3. In 1885 who joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show?

4. In 1868 the Cheyenne, Kiowa, Arapaho, and Comanche are ordered to do what?

5. What Kiowa chief counsels to stay on the reservation?

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