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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 2 : Chapter 2, Young Warriors- Custer & Crazy Horse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most important subject at West Point when Custer attended?
(a) Science.
(b) Math.
(c) Military strategy.
(d) Oration.

2. Who led the attack on Black Kettle's band of Cheyenne at Sand Creek in 1864?
(a) Captain Custer.
(b) Colonel Collins.
(c) General Evans.
(d) Colonel Chivington.

3. What was Custer's nickname as a boy?
(a) Autie.
(b) Georgie.
(c) Goldilocks.
(d) Curly.

4. Who are the "loafers" referred to in Chapter 9?
(a) Indians who intermarried with white settlers.
(b) Peaceful Indians who lived near and depended upon the fort.
(c) The men that Chivington chose at Sand Creek.
(d) A group of Crow Indians.

5. At what age did most Sioux boys participate in their first tribal hunt?
(a) Fourteen to fifteen.
(b) Twelve or thirteen.
(c) Sixteen to seventeen.
(d) Ten or eleven.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Crazy Horse spend his teenage years according to Chapter 7?

2. On the expedition against the whites on the Plains in June 1865, who led the Cheyenne?

3. How did Custer spend his teenager years according to Chapter 7?

4. What color were Custer's eyes?

5. Ohio's population in the 1800s is called a young population by the author. Why?

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