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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had Reno's men on the run?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) Gall.
(d) Short Bull.

2. According to Chapter 13, what was the first financial offer that the government made to Plains tribes?
(a) $15,000 annuities.
(b) $25,000 annuities.
(c) $20,000 annuities.
(d) $10,000 annuities.

3. Who leads the charge at the Battle at Rosebud?
(a) Crazy Horse.
(b) General Custer.
(c) General Crook.
(d) Sitting Bull.

4. What was Carrington's Achilles' heel?
(a) Need for wood.
(b) Horses.
(c) Poor commanding officers.
(d) Need for water.

5. In 1868, approximately how many troops were stationed on the frontier?
(a) 70,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 55,000.

6. What political party did Custer officially endorse in 1866?
(a) Democratic party.
(b) National Union party.
(c) Republican party.
(d) Libertarian party.

7. What was the Army's station from their fight at Little Bighorn and where Custer planned for them to return to after the battle?
(a) Fort Omaha.
(b) Fort MacArthur.
(c) Fort Laramie.
(d) Fort Abraham Lincoln.

8. Who was placed in charge of the Department of the Mississippi?
(a) Colonel Taylor.
(b) Major General Sherman.
(c) General Tecumseh.
(d) Colonel Carrington.

9. In Chapter 17, who is quoted as saying, "We were up against it from the start"?
(a) Custer.
(b) Little Hawk.
(c) Hump.
(d) Crazy Horse.

10. Along what trail did the army plan to build a fort in 1866?
(a) Overland.
(b) Bozeman.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) Oregon.

11. What position is Custer offered in Chapter 14 that pays $10,000 a year?
(a) Position protecting California railway workers.
(b) Position in Mexican Army.
(c) Position in the War Department in Washington, D.C.
(d) Fort Commander over Fort Kearney.

12. When did Custer leave for Fort McPherson?
(a) May, 1866.
(b) July, 1869.
(c) August, 1868.
(d) June, 1867.

13. What Oglala enters Custer's camp soon after Custer arrives in Nebraska?
(a) Pawnee Killer.
(b) Spotted Tail.
(c) Young Man Afraid.
(d) Red Cloud.

14. Where was Custer's new regiment, the 7th Cavalry, assigned to in 1867?
(a) Fort Riley.
(b) Fort Hays.
(c) Fort Leavenworth.
(d) Fort Dodge.

15. Who was the Cheyenne leader at Little Bighorn?
(a) Black Elk.
(b) Gall.
(c) Looks Twice.
(d) Two Moons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Crazy Horse's daughter called?

2. What does Custer take a resolution to not do anymore in 1869?

3. What do Sioux call the Black Hills?

4. Who is the Miniconjou medicine man who has a strong vision in Chapter 18?

5. What did Sitting Bull do with much of the money earned at Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show?

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