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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Custer's first nickname at West Point?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Curly.
(d) Fanny.

2. In Chapter 2, the author writes that Americans worked so much that work became ____________.
(a) The reason for living.
(b) A psychic need.
(c) A religion.
(d) A hobby.

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

4. What did Crazy Horse "do for a living" according to Chapter 8?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Make war.
(c) Serve as a chief.
(d) Trade.

5. Who is Washakie?
(a) Headman of the Shoshoni.
(b) Oglala warrior.
(c) Cheyenne warrior.
(d) Headman of the Crow.

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

7. How did Custer spend his teenager years according to Chapter 7?
(a) Competing against others.
(b) Playing practical jokes.
(c) Going to school.
(d) Trying to do something and be somebody.

8. What became a distinguishing mark of the 3rd Cavalry Division?
(a) Soft hat.
(b) Five gold loops on each sleeve.
(c) A red tie.
(d) Top boots.

9. Why did Crazy Horse most likely not get the scalp of his first human kill?
(a) He was injured.
(b) He found out it was a woman.
(c) He did not have a scalping knife.
(d) He refused to scalp anyone.

10. In Chapter 10, who writes, "I captured the greatest prize of all"?
(a) Daniel Bacon.
(b) Gimlet Lea.
(c) Custer.
(d) Libbie.

11. The Black Hills were known to the Sioux as a holy place called ______________.
(a) Koyas.
(b) Pa Sapa.
(c) Sioko.
(d) Bear Butte.

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

13. In Chapter 7, what was constricting in Custer's life?
(a) Religion.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Customs.
(d) Expectations.

14. Who did Custer vote for in the 1864 election for president?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) McClellan.
(c) Grant.
(d) It's unknown.

15. Who says, "Crazy Horse always led his men himself when they went into battle, and he kept well in front of them"?
(a) He Dog.
(b) Eleanor Hinman.
(c) Bad Heart Bull.
(d) Hump.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the Bad Faces band of Oglalas in Chapter 3?

2. Who was mortally wounded from Custer's charge against the Confederates at Yellow Tavern?

3. According to the author in Chapter 7, why is Custer's culture more productive than Crazy Horse's?

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

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

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