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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Where did "Custer get a decent return on the investment of his men's lives"?
(a) Malvern Hill.
(b) Gettysberg.
(c) Appomattox.
(d) Wilderness campaign.

3. 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 refused to scalp anyone.
(d) He did not have a scalping knife.

4. Who reported buffalo "as far as the eye could reach the country seemed blackened by innumerable herds"?
(a) Francis Parkman.
(b) George Armstrong Custer.
(c) Captain Benjamin Bonneville.
(d) The father of Crazy Horse.

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

6. What medal did Tom Custer receive for his actions at Appomattox?
(a) Congressional Medal of Honor.
(b) Exceptional Service Medal.
(c) Purple Heart.
(d) Meritorious Service Award.

7. What book led to Custer writing an essay titled, "The Red Man" while at West Point?
(a) Swallow Barn.
(b) Eutaw.
(c) Leatherstocking Tales.
(d) Last of the Mohicans.

8. Whose life was more controlled by time, according to Chapter 7?
(a) Neither man.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) Custer.
(d) Both men.

9. Who are the "loafers" referred to in Chapter 9?
(a) Peaceful Indians who lived near and depended upon the fort.
(b) A group of Crow Indians.
(c) Indians who intermarried with white settlers.
(d) The men that Chivington chose at Sand Creek.

10. Who said "fighting for fun is rare"?
(a) General Custer.
(b) General Horace Porter.
(c) General Grant.
(d) Colonel Theodore Lyman.

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

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

13. How did Crazy Horse spend his teenage years according to Chapter 7?
(a) Observing white soldiers.
(b) Seeking a vision.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Becoming a warrior.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said to give the Indian "a love for exclusive property"?

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

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

4. What are the Lance Owners?

5. When did Custer become a Major General?

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