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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. Who wrote to Custer, "...I had to weep for joy that the recollection was sweet in your memory"?
(a) His sister, Lydia.
(b) His wife, Libbie.
(c) His mother.
(d) His first girlfriend, Mary.

2. What could happen to a Union soldier who did not do his duty in combat?
(a) Branded with the letter 'C' for coward.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Court-martial.
(d) Sentenced to a year of hard labor.

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

4. What medal did Tom Custer receive for his actions at Appomattox?
(a) Meritorious Service Award.
(b) Purple Heart.
(c) Congressional Medal of Honor.
(d) Exceptional Service Medal.

5. What was the last major tribe pushed onto the Plains by military defeats with other tribes?
(a) Crow.
(b) Arapaho.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Chippewa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did "Custer get a decent return on the investment of his men's lives"?

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

4. What element of the weather do the Plains and the seashore share?

5. Who did Crazy Horse fall in love with around the time he turned twenty-one years old?

(see the answer key)

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