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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. At what age did most Sioux boys participate in their first tribal hunt?
(a) Ten or eleven.
(b) Twelve or thirteen.
(c) Sixteen to seventeen.
(d) Fourteen to fifteen.

2. Who said to give the Indian "a love for exclusive property"?
(a) Vermont lawyer, Thomas Farnham.
(b) Founding father, Samuel Adams.
(c) Secretary of War, Henry Knox.
(d) President Andrew Jackson.

3. According to a letter Custer wrote to his sister, what percentage of students at West Point failed?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Fifteen.

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

5. What more than tripled in Ohio from 1828 to 1850?
(a) Newspapers and periodicals.
(b) Population.
(c) Railroads.
(d) Towns.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Native Americans made up the decoy party after camping on July 24, 1865?

2. 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?

3. When did Custer enter West Point Military Academy?

4. How many Sioux were estimated to be at the great council at Bear Butte in Chapter 4?

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

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