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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 bad news did Custer receive on January 31, 1866?
(a) He had been demoted to Captain.
(b) His mother had died.
(c) He is to be court-martialed.
(d) His first child has died during childbirth.

2. What does the phrase, "to touch the pen" mean?
(a) Lets the white government know that a tribe is interested in making a treaty.
(b) To agree to negotiate a treaty.
(c) A chief touched a pen that was then used by a white man to write the chief's name.
(d) To sign a treaty.

3. In 1868, approximately how many troops were stationed on the frontier?
(a) 70,000.
(b) 55,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 40,000.

4. Which regiment stages a mutiny against Custer in Texas?
(a) 1st Texas Cavalry.
(b) 4th Colorado Cavalry.
(c) 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry.
(d) 2nd Kansas Cavalry.

5. How many troops did Custer have at Little Bighorn?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Miniconjou medicine man who has a strong vision in Chapter 18?

2. What is the highest hill at the northern end of the bluffs at Little Bighorn called today?

3. Who killed Captain Fetterman?

4. What Oglala enters Custer's camp soon after Custer arrives in Nebraska?

5. According to Chapter 13, what was the first financial offer that the government made to Plains tribes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the "Panic of 1873"?

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

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

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

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

6. What route did Custer's party take to Texas?

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

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

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

10. Describe Little Bighorn.

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