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

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

3. In Chapter 22, what did the occasional fisherman used for fish bait?
(a) Buffalo fat.
(b) Worms.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Grasshopper.

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

5. Who is Mark Kellogg?
(a) News correspondent.
(b) Custer's brother-in-law.
(c) Custer's second in command.
(d) Custer's nephew.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the boys who listened to Crazy Horse tell stories became a famous holy man. Who was it?

2. What was the Army's station from their fight at Little Bighorn and where Custer planned for them to return to after the battle?

3. Who is Medicine Bill?

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

5. Who has Custer arrested on the Yellowstone campaign?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the author, what mistakes did Custer make at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

2. What two men taught Custer the most about the Plains and the tribes that live there?

3. In Chapter 21, the author relates that large numbers of Native Americans are leaving the agencies in 1875. There were "almost as many motives for going north as there were Indians making the trek." What are some of the reasons?

4. Why is Custer bored in Chapter 17?

5. What is the "Panic of 1873"?

6. What did Crazy Horse's friend, He Dog, decide to do before the battle at Rosebud?

7. How does Sitting Bull describe Custer's death?

8. What were agency Indians?

9. Describe the Sun Dance held at Rosebud.

10. Why did Crazy Horse keep his feelings for Black Buffalo Woman secret?

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