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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. On the expedition against the whites on the Plains in June 1865, who led the Cheyenne?
(a) Black Wolf.
(b) Black Elk.
(c) Roman Nose.
(d) Spotted Tail.

2. Which regiment stages a mutiny against Custer in Texas?
(a) 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry.
(b) 2nd Kansas Cavalry.
(c) 1st Texas Cavalry.
(d) 4th Colorado Cavalry.

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

4. At what ages did Custer and Crazy Horse become recognized leaders?
(a) 23 and 24.
(b) 24 and 25.
(c) 29 and 30.
(d) 22 and 23.

5. At the Battle of Washita, what tune did Custer have the band play?
(a) Garry Owen.
(b) Revele.
(c) When the Saints Go Marching In.
(d) Taps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Along what trail did the army plan to build a fort in 1866?

2. What is the WPPA?

3. Where was Custer's new regiment, the 7th Cavalry, assigned to in 1867?

4. According to Chapter 7, who of the book's subjects had seen combat by this time?

5. Who operated as the rear guard in the fight against the Shoshoni in Chapter 17?

(see the answer key)

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