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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 fellow West Point friend did Custer congratulate on his successes in the Confederate artillery?
(a) Austin Blair.
(b) John Pelham.
(c) George Yates.
(d) Gimlet Lea.

2. What is Pennsylvania Dutch?
(a) German immigrants from the Rhineland.
(b) Dutch immigrants who first settled in Pennsylvania.
(c) Dutch immigrants from the Rhineland.
(d) Dutch immigrants from Germany.

3. According to Chapter 9, what white man does Crazy Horse develop a friendship with?
(a) Joseph Smith.
(b) Caspar Collins.
(c) William O. Collins.
(d) Jedidiah Smith.

4. Who is Washakie?
(a) Oglala warrior.
(b) Cheyenne warrior.
(c) Headman of the Shoshoni.
(d) Headman of the Crow.

5. Where did Crazy Horse and other warriors go to sing or boast of bravery?
(a) Arrow Creek.
(b) Kiva.
(c) The akicita lodge.
(d) Chief's lodge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Crazy Horse fall in love with around the time he turned twenty-one years old?

2. In Chapter12, how many times a year might Crazy Horse go on a buffalo hunt?

3. How did Crazy Horse spend his teenage years according to Chapter 7?

4. Who went along with Crazy Horse on night time raids of the settlers in Chapter 9?

5. According to the author, who has written the definitive biography of George Custer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what ways did Custer and Crazy Horse stand out in a crowd?

5. Who is Francis Parkman, and why is he significant in the beginning chapters?

6. In Chapter 3, why was Curly encouraged to look up to young warriors? In what way did he not?

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

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

9. What did De Crevecoeur have in mind when he wrote, "The American is a new man who acts on new principles"?

10. How did the Cheyenne and Sioux plan for the big expedition against the settlers and soldiers in the summer of 1865?

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