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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Crazy Horse fall in love with around the time he turned twenty-one years old?
(a) Red Shawl Woman.
(b) Sitting Bull's niece.
(c) Daughter of Old-Man-Afraid-of-his-Horses.
(d) Black Buffalo Woman.

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

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

5. 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) Big Bellies.
(b) Akicita society.
(c) Shirt-wearers.
(d) Chief council.

6. Who was so pleased with Custer's decision to attend West Point that he gave him $200 for expenses?
(a) The parent of one of his students.
(b) Congressman Bingham.
(c) The farmer, Mr. Monroe.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

10. What is the WPPA?
(a) West Point Provincial Academy.
(b) West Point Protestant Academy.
(c) West Point Protective Association.
(d) West Point Protocol Association.

11. Who does the author credit with giving Custer his first big break in Chapter 10?
(a) General Smith.
(b) General Burnside.
(c) General McClellan.
(d) General Lee.

12. How much did the leather cap that West Point cadets were required to wear weigh?
(a) Five pounds.
(b) One pound.
(c) Six pounds.
(d) Three pounds.

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

14. Who went along with Crazy Horse on night time raids of the settlers in Chapter 9?
(a) He Dog.
(b) Hump.
(c) Young Man Afraid.
(d) Little Big Man.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Approximately how many men served under Custer at Gettysburg?

3. In Chapter 11, who on Custer's household staff took care of the horses?

4. What became a distinguishing mark of the 3rd Cavalry Division?

5. How did Custer spend his teenager years according to Chapter 7?

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