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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. In 1854, who owned the trading house near Fort Laramie?
(a) Francis Parkman.
(b) Henry Hawk.
(c) John Grattan.
(d) Jim Bordeaux.

2. Who does the author credit with giving Custer his first big break in Chapter 10?
(a) General Lee.
(b) General McClellan.
(c) General Smith.
(d) General Burnside.

3. In Chapter 8, where are the Shoshonis hunting before the Oglala and Cheyenne raid?
(a) Sweetwater River.
(b) Captive Butte.
(c) Near Fort Laramie.
(d) Bighorn River.

4. What river takes the Custer party to Alexandria?
(a) Ohio River.
(b) Mississippi River.
(c) Canadian River.
(d) Red River.

5. In Chapter 15, Custer ignores orders and camps at the Republican River because he is expecting Libbie to arrive at which fort?
(a) Fort Sedgwick.
(b) Fort Leavenworth.
(c) Fort Wallace.
(d) Fort Laramie.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Custer leave for Fort McPherson?

2. In Chapter 3, what aspect of Sioux life would Claude Levi-Strauss, a French anthropologist, have called the "science of the concrete"?

3. What does Custer take a resolution to not do anymore in 1869?

4. According to a letter Custer wrote to his sister, what percentage of students at West Point failed?

5. Where did Crazy Horse and other warriors go to sing or boast of bravery?

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