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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Red Cloud make what the author calls a "splendid" speech?
(a) World's Fair, Chicago.
(b) Cooper Union, New York.
(c) State Capitol, Omaha.
(d) Potomac River, Washington, D.C.

2. What did Custer name as one of the chief pleasures he and Libbie enjoyed on the Plains?
(a) Camping under the stars.
(b) New commands.
(c) Horseback riding.
(d) Visiting new places.

3. Where did Crazy Horse mourn his daughter's death for three days and nights?
(a) Shoshoni country.
(b) Black Hills.
(c) Crow Country.
(d) Powder River.

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

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

6. What was the title of Libbie's description of her and her husband's time at Fort Hays?
(a) Our Life at Fort Hays.
(b) Following the Guidon.
(c) Frontier Life for the Custers.
(d) Following the Indian Trail.

7. What does the phrase, "to touch the pen" mean?
(a) To sign a treaty.
(b) A chief touched a pen that was then used by a white man to write the chief's name.
(c) To agree to negotiate a treaty.
(d) Lets the white government know that a tribe is interested in making a treaty.

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

9. At the Battle of Washita, what tune did Custer have the band play?
(a) Revele.
(b) When the Saints Go Marching In.
(c) Garry Owen.
(d) Taps.

10. What did Medicine Arrow do to give Custer bad luck?
(a) Refused to smoke a pipe with him.
(b) Spit on Custer's boots.
(c) Rode in a circle counterclockwise.
(d) Poured ashes from a pipe onto Custer's boots.

11. Which railroad originated in California?
(a) Central Pacific.
(b) California Pacific.
(c) Kansas Pacific.
(d) Union Pacific.

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

13. Who has Custer arrested on the Yellowstone campaign?
(a) Lieutenant Stanley.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Grant.
(d) Sheridan.

14. What do the Cheyenne call the battle at Rosebud?
(a) Where the Crow and Shoshoni are Beat.
(b) Where the Girl Saved Her Brother.
(c) Crazy Horse's Revenge.
(d) Attack of the Crook.

15. Who does Crazy Horse marry in 1872?
(a) Black Buffalo Woman.
(b) Red Feather.
(c) Black Shawl.
(d) Red Elk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Custer's version of the Reno scouting expedition published?

2. What was the first banking house to fail in 1873?

3. What weapon was Crazy Horse carrying at Little Bighorn?

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

5. How many men of the 7th Cavalry did Custer march toward Little Bighorn?

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