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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 leads the charge at the Battle at Rosebud?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) General Custer.
(d) General Crook.

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

3. What is Crazy Horse's daughter called?
(a) Smiles-a-Lot.
(b) They-Are-Afraid-of-Her.
(c) She-Who-Yells.
(d) White Petal.

4. What do Sioux call the Black Hills?
(a) Arikaras.
(b) Santee.
(c) Holy Hills.
(d) Pa Sapa.

5. In Chapter 16, who says that he's ready for peace?
(a) Red Cloud.
(b) Custer.
(c) Crazy Horse.
(d) Sherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Crazy Horse marry in 1872?

2. In Chapter 19, who is mentioned as being "drunk nearly all the time"?

3. What did Custer name as one of the chief pleasures he and Libbie enjoyed on the Plains?

4. Who was the Cheyenne leader at Little Bighorn?

5. What was the first banking house to fail in 1873?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the author, what was the first time that Crazy Horse's actions affected Custer?

3. What did the government mean about "civilization" in the Treaty of 1868?

4. Describe Red Cloud in 1866 and what makes him a good leader.

5. What was the real purpose of inviting Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and other Indian leaders to Washington in 1870?

6. Why is Custer bored in Chapter 17?

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

8. Why was Custer's desertion rate in Kansas so high?

9. Crazy Horse becomes a leader of a band of Sioux in Chapter 20. Explain what this means.

10. What is the "Panic of 1873"?

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