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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. Ohio's population in the 1800s is called a young population by the author. Why?
(a) 73 percent were under thirty years of age.
(b) White Americans had just moved to Ohio.
(c) 55 percent were under twenty years of age.
(d) 62 percent were under twenty-five.

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

3. What was the estimated number of buffalo on the Great Plains in the nineteenth century?
(a) 75 million.
(b) 2.5 million.
(c) 25 million.
(d) 750,000.

4. According to the author in Chapter 7, why is Custer's culture more productive than Crazy Horse's?
(a) More assets.
(b) Larger population.
(c) Greater technology.
(d) It is more disciplined.

5. Where did Crazy Horse and other warriors go to sing or boast of bravery?
(a) Kiva.
(b) The akicita lodge.
(c) Chief's lodge.
(d) Arrow Creek.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much did the leather cap that West Point cadets were required to wear weigh?

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

4. About how much did Crazy Horse weigh at the age of 24?

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

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