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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. The Black Hills were known to the Sioux as a holy place called ______________.
(a) Bear Butte.
(b) Pa Sapa.
(c) Koyas.
(d) Sioko.

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

3. In Chapter 3, what aspect of Sioux life would Claude Levi-Strauss, a French anthropologist, have called the "science of the concrete"?
(a) Animals as teachers.
(b) Visions.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Storytelling.

4. What element of the weather do the Plains and the seashore share?
(a) Lack of snow.
(b) Warm, muggy temperatures.
(c) Limited rainfall.
(d) High wind velocity.

5. In Chapter 10, who says, "it looks like treason" about a document?
(a) Captain Custer.
(b) General McClellan.
(c) Fernando Wood.
(d) General Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Custer's first nickname at West Point?

2. During the time period of this book, what trees were common along streams on the Great Plains ?

3. What was Custer's nickname as a boy?

4. According to Chapter 9, what white man does Crazy Horse develop a friendship with?

5. How old was Custer when he graduated from the Academy and started his first paying job?

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