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

2. How old was Custer when he graduated from the Academy and started his first paying job?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty.

3. In Chapter 7, what was constricting in Custer's life?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Religion.
(c) Customs.
(d) Expectations.

4. Who is Washakie?
(a) Headman of the Crow.
(b) Headman of the Shoshoni.
(c) Oglala warrior.
(d) Cheyenne warrior.

5. According to Chapter 9, what white man does Crazy Horse develop a friendship with?
(a) Caspar Collins.
(b) Joseph Smith.
(c) Jedidiah Smith.
(d) William O. Collins.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 7, why is Custer's culture more productive than Crazy Horse's?

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

3. Who reported buffalo "as far as the eye could reach the country seemed blackened by innumerable herds"?

4. How many times during their lives did Crazy Horse and Custer come in contact with each other?

5. According to a letter Custer wrote to his sister, what percentage of students at West Point failed?

(see the answer key)

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