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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 many Sioux were estimated to be at the great council at Bear Butte in Chapter 4?
(a) 3000 to 4500.
(b) 1000 to 2500.
(c) Less than a thousand.
(d) 5000 to 7500.

2. What fellow West Point friend did Custer congratulate on his successes in the Confederate artillery?
(a) George Yates.
(b) John Pelham.
(c) Austin Blair.
(d) Gimlet Lea.

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

4. In Chapter 10, who writes, "I captured the greatest prize of all"?
(a) Daniel Bacon.
(b) Gimlet Lea.
(c) Libbie.
(d) Custer.

5. 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) Visions.
(d) Storytelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was George Armstrong Custer born?

2. Who is George Bent?

3. Whose life was more controlled by time, according to Chapter 7?

4. What is Pennsylvania Dutch?

5. What year was George Armstrong Custer born?

(see the answer key)

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