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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 2 : Chapter 2, Young Warriors- Custer & Crazy Horse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what wars are cited as wars that Custer taught about?
(a) French and Indian War.
(b) Mexican and Peloponnesian.
(c) French and American Revolutions.
(d) All European wars.

2. Who did Crazy Horse fall in love with around the time he turned twenty-one years old?
(a) Daughter of Old-Man-Afraid-of-his-Horses.
(b) Sitting Bull's niece.
(c) Black Buffalo Woman.
(d) Red Shawl Woman.

3. What position was Custer serving in when he was arrested and court-martial proceedings were started against him?
(a) First Cadet.
(b) Officer of the Guard.
(c) Officer of the Day.
(d) Commandant of the Cadets.

4. What book led to Custer writing an essay titled, "The Red Man" while at West Point?
(a) Leatherstocking Tales.
(b) Swallow Barn.
(c) Eutaw.
(d) Last of the Mohicans.

5. Who are the "loafers" referred to in Chapter 9?
(a) Indians who intermarried with white settlers.
(b) The men that Chivington chose at Sand Creek.
(c) Peaceful Indians who lived near and depended upon the fort.
(d) A group of Crow Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "fighting for fun is rare"?

2. Who was so pleased with Custer's decision to attend West Point that he gave him $200 for expenses?

3. Who said to give the Indian "a love for exclusive property"?

4. What nickname did Crazy Horse go by as a child?

5. The Black Hills were known to the Sioux as a holy place called ______________.

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