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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 do the Cheyenne call the battle at Rosebud?
(a) Where the Crow and Shoshoni are Beat.
(b) Attack of the Crook.
(c) Where the Girl Saved Her Brother.
(d) Crazy Horse's Revenge.

2. What Oglala enters Custer's camp soon after Custer arrives in Nebraska?
(a) Pawnee Killer.
(b) Spotted Tail.
(c) Young Man Afraid.
(d) Red Cloud.

3. What weapon was Crazy Horse carrying at Little Bighorn?
(a) Winchester.
(b) Remington.
(c) Bow and arrows.
(d) Axe.

4. In what city did Custer and his wife have their portraits painted in Chapter 14?
(a) Memphis.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Houston.

5. When E.B. Taylor met with Red Cloud, what did he raise the annual annuities to?
(a) $60,000.
(b) $75,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $100,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, Custer ignores orders and camps at the Republican River because he is expecting Libbie to arrive at which fort?

2. Who has Custer arrested on the Yellowstone campaign?

3. When did Custer leave for Fort McPherson?

4. What was Carrington's Achilles' heel?

5. What did Medicine Arrow do to give Custer bad luck?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did General Sherman hope to have happen when he pushed for the 1868 peace treaty with the Sioux?

3. Describe Little Bighorn.

4. What happened in 1840 when some Sioux brought yellow nuggets of gold to Father De Smet?

5. How does E.B. Taylor induce Indian leaders to sign treaties?

6. What is the "Panic of 1873"?

7. What change does becoming a father have on Crazy Horse?

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

9. Sitting Bull is referred to as the most famous Native American ever. Why?

10. What were agency Indians?

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