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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. Who said, "General Custer is writing lasting letters on the pages of his country's history"?
(a) General Grant.
(b) Secretary of War Stanton.
(c) President Lincoln.
(d) Speaker of the House Colfax.

2. Who was so pleased with Custer's decision to attend West Point that he gave him $200 for expenses?
(a) The parent of one of his students.
(b) Congressman Bingham.
(c) The farmer, Mr. Monroe.
(d) His father.

3. What was the estimated number of buffalo on the Great Plains in the nineteenth century?
(a) 2.5 million.
(b) 75 million.
(c) 750,000.
(d) 25 million.

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

5. Who was mortally wounded from Custer's charge against the Confederates at Yellow Tavern?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) Wesley Merritt.
(c) Phil Sheridan.
(d) Jeb Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ohio's population in the 1800s is called a young population by the author. Why?

2. In Chapter 3, what aspect of Sioux life would Claude Levi-Strauss, a French anthropologist, have called the "science of the concrete"?

3. Who said to give the Indian "a love for exclusive property"?

4. What was Custer's first nickname at West Point?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What charm did Crazy Horse receive in 1862 or 1863 and from whom? What was the charm supposed to do?

2. Who is Custer's first love, and how does he know her?

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

4. What did Crazy Horse and Custer think of alcohol?

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

6. Describe Curly's first human kill.

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

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

9. What differences did General McClellan have against the Lincoln administration?

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

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