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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 4 : Chapter 1, 1873 & 1874.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What river takes the Custer party to Alexandria?
(a) Red River.
(b) Mississippi River.
(c) Canadian River.
(d) Ohio River.

2. What event occurred on February 9, 1864?
(a) Custer's father died.
(b) Custer left for the frontier.
(c) Custer became a general.
(d) Custer married Libbie.

3. What did Custer name as one of the chief pleasures he and Libbie enjoyed on the Plains?
(a) New commands.
(b) Camping under the stars.
(c) Visiting new places.
(d) Horseback riding.

4. Who says, "Crazy Horse always led his men himself when they went into battle, and he kept well in front of them"?
(a) Eleanor Hinman.
(b) He Dog.
(c) Hump.
(d) Bad Heart Bull.

5. Who is George Bent?
(a) Half Cheyenne, son of a trader.
(b) A soldier at Fort Laramie.
(c) Half Shoshoni, son of a soldier.
(d) One of the soldiers at Sand Creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fellow West Point friend did Custer congratulate on his successes in the Confederate artillery?

2. Which railroad originated in California?

3. What did Sitting Bull do with much of the money earned at Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show?

4. What did the Oglalas call the road that the settlers knew as "The Oregon Trail"?

5. Who went along with Crazy Horse on night time raids of the settlers in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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