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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon was Crazy Horse carrying at Little Bighorn?
(a) Remington.
(b) Bow and arrows.
(c) Winchester.
(d) Axe.

2. In 1867, a Missouri senator complains about the Indian wars costing the government at least how much daily?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $250,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $150,000.

3. Who operated as the rear guard in the fight against the Shoshoni in Chapter 17?
(a) Good Weasel, Little Hawk, and Red Feather.
(b) Hump, He Dog, and Crazy Horse.
(c) Red Feather, He Dog, and Little Hawk.
(d) Crazy Horse, Hump, and Good Weasel.

4. Where was Custer's version of the Reno scouting expedition published?
(a) St. Louis Dispatch.
(b) New York Herald.
(c) Chicago Times.
(d) Boston Globe.

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

6. What did Custer have his photo taken with in the Black Hills?
(a) Two elk.
(b) Inyan Kara.
(c) Grizzly bear.
(d) Band of Oglalas with the Red Cloud Agency.

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

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

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

10. When E.B. Taylor met with Red Cloud, what did he raise the annual annuities to?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $60,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $75,000.

11. What does Custer take a resolution to not do anymore in 1869?
(a) Stay away from Libbie.
(b) Drink.
(c) Gamble.
(d) Smoke.

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

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

14. In Chapter 19, who is mentioned as being "drunk nearly all the time"?
(a) Harry Reynolds.
(b) Gary Owen.
(c) Charley Agard.
(d) Fred Grant.

15. Carrington read the Bible every morning in what languages?
(a) Spanish or Latin.
(b) Greek or Hebrew.
(c) Latin or English.
(d) French or Greek.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 16, who says that he's ready for peace?

3. What was the Army's station from their fight at Little Bighorn and where Custer planned for them to return to after the battle?

4. Which Native American scout remained with Custer as he first entered the Black Hills in 1874?

5. Who remarks in Chapter 21 that Custer is going to be killed?

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