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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book4, Part 4 : Chapter 2, Chapters 21 & 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was placed in charge of the Department of the Mississippi?
(a) General Tecumseh.
(b) Colonel Carrington.
(c) Major General Sherman.
(d) Colonel Taylor.

2. What year was George Armstrong Custer born?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1835.

3. In Chapter 17, who is quoted as saying, "We were up against it from the start"?
(a) Crazy Horse.
(b) Hump.
(c) Little Hawk.
(d) Custer.

4. According to Chapter 20, what two Sioux leaders were jealous of each other?
(a) Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.
(b) Young Man Afraid and Old Man Afraid.
(c) Sitting Bull and Red Cloud.
(d) Red Cloud and Spotted Tail.

5. After what skirmish did Custer call the Civil War a "Glorious War"?
(a) Fredericksburg.
(b) Rappahannock River.
(c) Appomattox.
(d) Vicksburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why says in Chapter 18, "There are not many joyous people here"?

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

3. Where was the 1868 treaty signed?

4. How much did the leather cap that West Point cadets were required to wear weigh?

5. What did the Oglalas call the road that the settlers knew as "The Oregon Trail"?

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