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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Native Americans made up the decoy party after camping on July 24, 1865?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifteen.

2. What animal slept with Custer at night in Chapter 11?
(a) Dog.
(b) Cat.
(c) Raccoon.
(d) Squirrel.

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

4. What could happen to a Union soldier who did not do his duty in combat?
(a) Court-martial.
(b) Sentenced to a year of hard labor.
(c) Branded with the letter 'C' for coward.
(d) All answers are correct.

5. About how much did Crazy Horse weigh at the age of 24?
(a) 140 pounds.
(b) 160 pounds.
(c) 180 pounds.
(d) 200 pounds.

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

7. Who was mortally wounded from Custer's charge against the Confederates at Yellow Tavern?
(a) Jeb Stuart.
(b) Phil Sheridan.
(c) Wesley Merritt.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

8. Who wrote to Custer, "...I had to weep for joy that the recollection was sweet in your memory"?
(a) His sister, Lydia.
(b) His first girlfriend, Mary.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife, Libbie.

9. In what year was George Armstrong Custer born?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1840.
(d) 1842.

10. Of the 267 Union soldiers executed during the Civil War, how many were executed for desertion?
(a) All.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-third.

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

12. Who is George Bent?
(a) Half Cheyenne, son of a trader.
(b) One of the soldiers at Sand Creek.
(c) Half Shoshoni, son of a soldier.
(d) A soldier at Fort Laramie.

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

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

15. In Chapter12, how many times a year might Crazy Horse go on a buffalo hunt?
(a) Five or six.
(b) Two or three.
(c) One.
(d) As many as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1865, the Oglala resurrected a system of government that acted as a chief's society. The seven men over forty who served were called what?

2. What nickname did Crazy Horse go by as a child?

3. Why did Crazy Horse most likely not get the scalp of his first human kill?

4. Who was so pleased with Custer's decision to attend West Point that he gave him $200 for expenses?

5. In Chapter 10, who writes, "I captured the greatest prize of all"?

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