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

2. Who was the half-French, half-Iowa interpreter used by the soldiers at Fort Laramie in Chapter 4?
(a) Brule.
(b) Francois.
(c) Wyuse.
(d) Conquering Bear.

3. 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 refused to scalp anyone.
(c) He found out it was a woman.
(d) He was injured.

4. What are the Lance Owners?
(a) Elders.
(b) A tribal nickname.
(c) A Sioux society.
(d) Cheyenne warriors.

5. How many Native Americans made up the decoy party after camping on July 24, 1865?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-five.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 2, the author writes that Americans worked so much that work became ____________.

4. What more than tripled in Ohio from 1828 to 1850?

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

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