View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 1 : Chapter 1, War & Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Native Americans made up the decoy party after camping on July 24, 1865?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-five.

2. Why did Crazy Horse most likely not get the scalp of his first human kill?
(a) He was injured.
(b) He found out it was a woman.
(c) He refused to scalp anyone.
(d) He did not have a scalping knife.

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

4. During the time period of this book, what trees were common along streams on the Great Plains ?
(a) Pines.
(b) Juniper.
(c) Cottonwoods.
(d) Elms.

5. Who wrote to Custer, "...I had to weep for joy that the recollection was sweet in your memory"?
(a) His first girlfriend, Mary.
(b) His wife, Libbie.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister, Lydia.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did most Sioux boys participate in their first tribal hunt?

2. Who says, "Crazy Horse always led his men himself when they went into battle, and he kept well in front of them"?

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

4. In Chapter 2, the author writes that Americans worked so much that work became ____________.

5. According to the author, who has written the definitive biography of George Custer?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 249 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample