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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 1 : Chapter 1, Chapters 5, 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times during their lives did Crazy Horse and Custer come in contact with each other?
(a) Two times.
(b) One time.
(c) Four times.
(d) Never.

2. What was the most important subject at West Point when Custer attended?
(a) Military strategy.
(b) Science.
(c) Oration.
(d) Math.

3. In 1854, who owned the trading house near Fort Laramie?
(a) John Grattan.
(b) Henry Hawk.
(c) Jim Bordeaux.
(d) Francis Parkman.

4. 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) Hunting.
(c) Storytelling.
(d) Visions.

5. In Chapter 7, what wars are cited as wars that Custer taught about?
(a) Mexican and Peloponnesian.
(b) French and Indian War.
(c) French and American Revolutions.
(d) All European wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ohio's population in the 1800s is called a young population by the author. Why?

2. What element of the weather do the Plains and the seashore share?

3. What position was Custer serving in when he was arrested and court-martial proceedings were started against him?

4. What was the last major tribe pushed onto the Plains by military defeats with other tribes?

5. In Chapter 7, what was constricting in Custer's life?

(see the answer key)

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