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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. In the last five months of 1866, how many times did the Sioux attack Fort Phil Kearny?
(a) 39.
(b) 23.
(c) 51.
(d) 12.

2. According to Chapter 4, what was central to life for a Sioux male?
(a) Vision quest.
(b) Making the first kill.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Being a warrior.

3. Who said to give the Indian "a love for exclusive property"?
(a) President Andrew Jackson.
(b) Vermont lawyer, Thomas Farnham.
(c) Secretary of War, Henry Knox.
(d) Founding father, Samuel Adams.

4. In Chapter 3, what aspect of Sioux life would Claude Levi-Strauss, a French anthropologist, have called the "science of the concrete"?
(a) Visions.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Storytelling.
(d) Animals as teachers.

5. What political party did Custer belong to?
(a) Whig.
(b) Republican.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Democrat.

Short Answer Questions

1. After what skirmish did Custer call the Civil War a "Glorious War"?

2. Who went along with Crazy Horse on night time raids of the settlers in Chapter 9?

3. How tall is Crazy Horse as described by an officer in Chapter 23?

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

5. In 1867, a Missouri senator complains about the Indian wars costing the government at least how much daily?

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