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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Custer take a resolution to not do anymore in 1869?
(a) Stay away from Libbie.
(b) Gamble.
(c) Drink.
(d) Smoke.
2. In Chapter 19, who is mentioned as being "drunk nearly all the time"?
(a) Harry Reynolds.
(b) Gary Owen.
(c) Fred Grant.
(d) Charley Agard.
3. 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) Frontier Life for the Custers.
(c) Following the Guidon.
(d) Following the Indian Trail.
4. In 1868, approximately how many troops were stationed on the frontier?
(a) 70,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 25,000.
5. Why says in Chapter 18, "There are not many joyous people here"?
(a) Custer.
(b) Libbie Custer.
(c) Tom Custer.
(d) Lieutenant Stanley.
6. Who leads the charge at the Battle at Rosebud?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) General Custer.
(d) General Crook.
7. Where was the 1868 treaty signed?
(a) Fort Wallace.
(b) Oglala winter camp.
(c) Fort Laramie.
(d) Fort McPherson.
8. What Oglala enters Custer's camp soon after Custer arrives in Nebraska?
(a) Red Cloud.
(b) Pawnee Killer.
(c) Spotted Tail.
(d) Young Man Afraid.
9. How many men of the 7th Cavalry did Custer march toward Little Bighorn?
(a) 1000.
(b) 611.
(c) 735.
(d) 820.
10. In Chapter 22, what did the occasional fisherman used for fish bait?
(a) Worms.
(b) Grasshopper.
(c) Buffalo fat.
(d) Nothing.
11. How many troops did Custer have at Little Bighorn?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.
12. 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.
13. What political party did Custer officially endorse in 1866?
(a) Republican party.
(b) Libertarian party.
(c) National Union party.
(d) Democratic party.
14. Which Native American scout remained with Custer as he first entered the Black Hills in 1874?
(a) Worm.
(b) Still Water.
(c) Bloody Knife.
(d) Medicine Bill.
15. 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 Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Fort MacArthur.
(c) Fort Omaha.
(d) Fort Laramie.
Short Answer Questions
1. When E.B. Taylor met with Red Cloud, what did he raise the annual annuities to?
2. What was the first banking house to fail in 1873?
3. How much would the extra cavalry offered by Terry have increased Custer's fighting strength?
4. What was Carrington's Achilles' heel?
5. Who was placed in charge of the Department of the Mississippi?
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