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

2. In Chapter 10, who says, "it looks like treason" about a document?
(a) Captain Custer.
(b) General McClellan.
(c) General Smith.
(d) Fernando Wood.

3. According to Chapter 4, what was central to life for a Sioux male?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Being a warrior.
(c) Vision quest.
(d) Making the first kill.

4. What was Custer's nickname as a boy?
(a) Georgie.
(b) Goldilocks.
(c) Curly.
(d) Autie.

5. At age ten, Custer went to live with his half-sister and her new husband who lived in __________.
(a) Yorktown, Indiana.
(b) Boston, Massachusettes.
(c) Monroe, Michigan.
(d) Columbus, Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Oglalas call the road that the settlers knew as "The Oregon Trail"?

2. Who did Custer meet on Thanksgiving evening in 1862?

3. How old was Custer when he graduated from the Academy and started his first paying job?

4. According to the author in Chapter 7, why is Custer's culture more productive than Crazy Horse's?

5. Who was the half-French, half-Iowa interpreter used by the soldiers at Fort Laramie in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the demerit policy of West Point when Custer attended? How many demerits did he regularly receive?

2. In Chapter 11, why does the author describe Custer as a romantic?

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

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

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

6. Chapter 2 speaks of the 19th century attitude of "getting rid of it." What does this refer to?

7. What did the chiefs' society that resumed in 1865 involve and what was Crazy Horse's role?

8. Why do men and animals congregate in the tree groves on the Great Plains in Chapter 1?

9. Describe what happened when Custer and his wife left for the Wilderness Campaign.

10. Custer only took one leave from West Point. When and where did he go?

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