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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 4 : Chapter 3, The Finale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event occurred on February 9, 1864?
(a) Custer became a general.
(b) Custer left for the frontier.
(c) Custer married Libbie.
(d) Custer's father died.

2. Who killed Captain Fetterman?
(a) Captain Brown.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) Fetterman killed himself.
(d) Hump.

3. Who shoots Crazy Horse in Chapter 17?
(a) Caspar Collins.
(b) Young Man Afraid.
(c) No Water.
(d) Custer.

4. What position is Custer offered in Chapter 14 that pays $10,000 a year?
(a) Fort Commander over Fort Kearney.
(b) Position in the War Department in Washington, D.C.
(c) Position protecting California railway workers.
(d) Position in Mexican Army.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Custer meet on Thanksgiving evening in 1862?

2. Who completed his memoirs a few days before his death in 1888?

3. Of the 267 Union soldiers executed during the Civil War, how many were executed for desertion?

4. Who remarks in Chapter 21 that Custer is going to be killed?

5. What position was Custer serving in when he was arrested and court-martial proceedings were started against him?

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