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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What old friend did Custer persuade General Pleasonton to give him as as aide?
(a) Sargent Sherwood.
(b) Tom Custer.
(c) Lieutenant Yates.
(d) Captain Holmes.

3. Who reported buffalo "as far as the eye could reach the country seemed blackened by innumerable herds"?
(a) Captain Benjamin Bonneville.
(b) George Armstrong Custer.
(c) Francis Parkman.
(d) The father of Crazy Horse.

4. In 1865, the Oglala resurrected a system of government that acted as a chief's society. The seven men over forty who served were called what?
(a) Shirt-wearers.
(b) Big Bellies.
(c) Chief council.
(d) Akicita society.

5. What did Crazy Horse "do for a living" according to Chapter 8?
(a) Serve as a chief.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Trade.
(d) Make war.

6. What political party did Custer belong to?
(a) Republican.
(b) Whig.
(c) Democrat.
(d) No answers are correct.

7. In Chapter12, how many times a year might Crazy Horse go on a buffalo hunt?
(a) One.
(b) As many as possible.
(c) Five or six.
(d) Two or three.

8. What color were Custer's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

9. How did Custer spend his teenager years according to Chapter 7?
(a) Competing against others.
(b) Playing practical jokes.
(c) Going to school.
(d) Trying to do something and be somebody.

10. About how much did Crazy Horse weigh at the age of 24?
(a) 180 pounds.
(b) 140 pounds.
(c) 200 pounds.
(d) 160 pounds.

11. How much did the leather cap that West Point cadets were required to wear weigh?
(a) One pound.
(b) Six pounds.
(c) Five pounds.
(d) Three pounds.

12. Who was the half-French, half-Iowa interpreter used by the soldiers at Fort Laramie in Chapter 4?
(a) Conquering Bear.
(b) Francois.
(c) Wyuse.
(d) Brule.

13. Where did Crazy Horse and other warriors go to sing or boast of bravery?
(a) Kiva.
(b) The akicita lodge.
(c) Chief's lodge.
(d) Arrow Creek.

14. In Chapter 10, who writes, "I captured the greatest prize of all"?
(a) Libbie.
(b) Daniel Bacon.
(c) Custer.
(d) Gimlet Lea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what aspect of Sioux life would Claude Levi-Strauss, a French anthropologist, have called the "science of the concrete"?

2. After what skirmish did Custer call the Civil War a "Glorious War"?

3. On the expedition against the whites on the Plains in June 1865, who led the Cheyenne?

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

5. According to Chapter 7, who of the book's subjects had seen combat by this time?

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