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

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

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

4. Of the 267 Union soldiers executed during the Civil War, how many were executed for desertion?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-third.
(d) All.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Custer enter West Point Military Academy?

2. What animal slept with Custer at night in Chapter 11?

3. What old friend did Custer persuade General Pleasonton to give him as as aide?

4. In 1854, who led four Brules in seeking revenge for Conquering Bear's death?

5. Who is George Bent?

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