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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ohio's population in the 1800s is called a young population by the author. Why?
(a) 73 percent were under thirty years of age.
(b) 62 percent were under twenty-five.
(c) White Americans had just moved to Ohio.
(d) 55 percent were under twenty years of age.

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

3. When did Custer enter West Point Military Academy?
(a) September, 1858.
(b) July, 1857.
(c) June, 1860.
(d) August, 1859.

4. Between Custer and Crazy Horse, who came from a modest background, according to Chapter 12?
(a) Custer.
(b) Neither man.
(c) Both men.
(d) Crazy Horse.

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

6. According to Chapter 9, what white man does Crazy Horse develop a friendship with?
(a) Joseph Smith.
(b) William O. Collins.
(c) Caspar Collins.
(d) Jedidiah Smith.

7. In Chapter 11, who on Custer's household staff took care of the horses?
(a) Emerson.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Johnnie Cisco.
(d) Joseph Fought.

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

9. According to a letter Custer wrote to his sister, what percentage of students at West Point failed?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Fifteen.

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

11. In Chapter 10, who says, "it looks like treason" about a document?
(a) Captain Custer.
(b) General McClellan.
(c) General Smith.
(d) Fernando Wood.

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

13. At what age did most Sioux boys participate in their first tribal hunt?
(a) Ten or eleven.
(b) Fourteen to fifteen.
(c) Twelve or thirteen.
(d) Sixteen to seventeen.

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

15. 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?
(a) Chief council.
(b) Akicita society.
(c) Shirt-wearers.
(d) Big Bellies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the attack on Black Kettle's band of Cheyenne at Sand Creek in 1864?

2. According to the author, who has written the definitive biography of George Custer?

3. What book led to Custer writing an essay titled, "The Red Man" while at West Point?

4. What was Custer's nickname as a boy?

5. What old friend did Custer persuade General Pleasonton to give him as as aide?

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