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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) Crazy Horse.
(b) Sitting Bull.
(c) Gall.
(d) Short Bull.

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

3. What is the highest hill at the northern end of the bluffs at Little Bighorn called today?
(a) Sioux Hill.
(b) Medicine Hill.
(c) Custer Hill.
(d) Crazy Horse Hill.

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

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

6. Which regiment stages a mutiny against Custer in Texas?
(a) 1st Texas Cavalry.
(b) 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry.
(c) 2nd Kansas Cavalry.
(d) 4th Colorado Cavalry.

7. What did Sitting Bull do with much of the money earned at Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show?
(a) Gave it to poor children.
(b) Bought things with it.
(c) Sent it to his family.
(d) Spent it on horses.

8. 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.

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

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

11. How many men of the 7th Cavalry did Custer march toward Little Bighorn?
(a) 820.
(b) 1000.
(c) 735.
(d) 611.

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

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

14. 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 Indian Trail.
(c) Following the Guidon.
(d) Frontier Life for the Custers.

15. What book is Custer reading in Chapter 19?
(a) Final Campaigns of the Civil War.
(b) Major Battles and Campaigns of the American Revolution.
(c) Memoirs of Ulysses Grant.
(d) History of the War in the Peninsula.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, what did the occasional fisherman used for fish bait?

2. What position is Custer offered in Chapter 14 that pays $10,000 a year?

3. What do the Cheyenne call the battle at Rosebud?

4. What is Crazy Horse's daughter called?

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

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