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

2. How did Custer spend his teenager years according to Chapter 7?
(a) Playing practical jokes.
(b) Competing against others.
(c) Going to school.
(d) Trying to do something and be somebody.

3. What political party did Custer belong to?
(a) Whig.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Republican.
(d) Democrat.

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

5. Who did Custer become an aide to in 1863?
(a) John Pelham.
(b) Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton.
(c) General Joseph Hooker.
(d) President Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Custer vote for in the 1864 election for president?

2. In Chapter 10, who writes, "I captured the greatest prize of all"?

3. What color were Custer's eyes?

4. Who did Custer meet on Thanksgiving evening in 1862?

5. Who was the half-French, half-Iowa interpreter used by the soldiers at Fort Laramie in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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