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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position was Custer serving in when he was arrested and court-martial proceedings were started against him?
(a) First Cadet.
(b) Officer of the Day.
(c) Commandant of the Cadets.
(d) Officer of the Guard.

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

3. What was the most important subject at West Point when Custer attended?
(a) Military strategy.
(b) Math.
(c) Oration.
(d) Science.

4. In Chapter 7, what wars are cited as wars that Custer taught about?
(a) All European wars.
(b) Mexican and Peloponnesian.
(c) French and Indian War.
(d) French and American Revolutions.

5. How many Sioux were estimated to be at the great council at Bear Butte in Chapter 4?
(a) 5000 to 7500.
(b) 1000 to 2500.
(c) Less than a thousand.
(d) 3000 to 4500.

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

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

8. What did the Oglalas call the road that the settlers knew as "The Oregon Trail"?
(a) The White Man's Road.
(b) Laramie Trail.
(c) The Solder's Trail.
(d) The Holy Road.

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

10. 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.

11. Who did Custer meet on Thanksgiving evening in 1862?
(a) Fanny Fifield.
(b) Elizabeth Bacon.
(c) Mary Holland.
(d) Issac Christiancy.

12. Who led the attack on Black Kettle's band of Cheyenne at Sand Creek in 1864?
(a) General Evans.
(b) Colonel Chivington.
(c) Colonel Collins.
(d) Captain Custer.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the WPPA?

3. At what age did most Sioux boys participate in their first tribal hunt?

4. According to a letter Custer wrote to his sister, what percentage of students at West Point failed?

5. About how much did Crazy Horse weigh at the age of 24?

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