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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between Custer and Crazy Horse, who came from a modest background, according to Chapter 12?
(a) Crazy Horse.
(b) Both men.
(c) Custer.
(d) Neither man.

2. In Chapter 8, where are the Shoshonis hunting before the Oglala and Cheyenne raid?
(a) Near Fort Laramie.
(b) Sweetwater River.
(c) Captive Butte.
(d) Bighorn River.

3. The Black Hills were known to the Sioux as a holy place called ______________.
(a) Bear Butte.
(b) Pa Sapa.
(c) Koyas.
(d) Sioko.

4. What medal did Tom Custer receive for his actions at Appomattox?
(a) Exceptional Service Medal.
(b) Meritorious Service Award.
(c) Congressional Medal of Honor.
(d) Purple Heart.

5. Who says, "Crazy Horse always led his men himself when they went into battle, and he kept well in front of them"?
(a) He Dog.
(b) Hump.
(c) Eleanor Hinman.
(d) Bad Heart Bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was George Armstrong Custer born?

2. Who reported buffalo "as far as the eye could reach the country seemed blackened by innumerable herds"?

3. What was the estimated number of buffalo on the Great Plains in the nineteenth century?

4. Where did "Custer get a decent return on the investment of his men's lives"?

5. Who does the author credit with giving Custer his first big break in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a kola and who was the kola of Curly?

2. Explain George Armstrong Custer's birth order.

3. What were the results of Custer's leadership on the Wilderness campaign of May, 1864?

4. What type of furniture did Custer have at West Point?

5. Describe Curly's first human kill.

6. How did Colonel Chivington set up the events of the Sand Creek Massacre?

7. Describe the plunder that George Bent reports he sees in an Indian camp as the Sioux and Cheyenne attack settlements along the Platte River.

8. What religion did the Custer family practice, and where did they worship?

9. Why was Custer turned down for a command of a new Michigan cavalry regiment?

10. In Chapter 12, both men are described as finding the "rush of hot, fresh blood exciting." In what ways is this demonstrated?

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