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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. Who did Custer meet on Thanksgiving evening in 1862?
(a) Issac Christiancy.
(b) Elizabeth Bacon.
(c) Fanny Fifield.
(d) Mary Holland.

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

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

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

5. Who went along with Crazy Horse on night time raids of the settlers in Chapter 9?
(a) He Dog.
(b) Hump.
(c) Young Man Afraid.
(d) Little Big Man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the most important subject at West Point when Custer attended?

3. What book led to Custer writing an essay titled, "The Red Man" while at West Point?

4. What was the estimated number of buffalo on the Great Plains in the nineteenth century?

5. Who said to give the Indian "a love for exclusive property"?

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