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

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

3. In 1865, the Oglala resurrected a system of government that acted as a chief's society. The seven men over forty who served were called what?
(a) Chief council.
(b) Shirt-wearers.
(c) Akicita society.
(d) Big Bellies.

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

5. Who said "fighting for fun is rare"?
(a) General Horace Porter.
(b) General Grant.
(c) Colonel Theodore Lyman.
(d) General Custer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is George Bent?

2. Who does the author credit with giving Custer his first big break in Chapter 10?

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

4. What did Crazy Horse "do for a living" according to Chapter 8?

5. What year was George Armstrong Custer born?

(see the answer key)

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