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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 3 : Chapter 2, Custer & Crazy Horse both on the Plains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname did Crazy Horse go by as a child?
(a) Chips.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) Curly.
(d) Little Warrior.

2. In Chapter 7, what was constricting in Custer's life?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Religion.
(c) Customs.
(d) Expectations.

3. 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.

4. What fellow West Point friend did Custer congratulate on his successes in the Confederate artillery?
(a) George Yates.
(b) Gimlet Lea.
(c) Austin Blair.
(d) John Pelham.

5. What element of the weather do the Plains and the seashore share?
(a) Limited rainfall.
(b) Lack of snow.
(c) Warm, muggy temperatures.
(d) High wind velocity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, the author writes that Americans worked so much that work became ____________.

2. Why did Crazy Horse most likely not get the scalp of his first human kill?

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

4. Which regiment stages a mutiny against Custer in Texas?

5. At age ten, Custer went to live with his half-sister and her new husband who lived in __________.

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