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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 was Carrington's Achilles' heel?
(a) Need for wood.
(b) Poor commanding officers.
(c) Need for water.
(d) Horses.

2. Who led the Bad Faces band of Oglalas in Chapter 3?
(a) Old Smoke.
(b) Red Cloud.
(c) Bad Bear.
(d) Crazy Horse, the father.

3. Which railroad originated in California?
(a) California Pacific.
(b) Kansas Pacific.
(c) Union Pacific.
(d) Central Pacific.

4. 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) Sentenced to a year of hard labor.
(d) Court-martial.

5. Who is Medicine Bill?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A trader.
(c) A hunter.
(d) A scout.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fellow West Point friend did Custer congratulate on his successes in the Confederate artillery?

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

3. What event occurred on February 9, 1864?

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

5. In Chapter 15, Custer ignores orders and camps at the Republican River because he is expecting Libbie to arrive at which fort?

(see the answer key)

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