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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was so pleased with Custer's decision to attend West Point that he gave him $200 for expenses?
2. According to the author in Chapter 7, why is Custer's culture more productive than Crazy Horse's?
3. What nickname did Crazy Horse go by as a child?
4. Who did Custer meet on Thanksgiving evening in 1862?
5. At what age did most Sioux boys participate in their first tribal hunt?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do men and animals congregate in the tree groves on the Great Plains in Chapter 1?
2. What was the demerit policy of West Point when Custer attended? How many demerits did he regularly receive?
3. What religion did the Custer family practice, and where did they worship?
4. Who is Custer's first love, and how does he know her?
5. According to the author, what led Curly to seek a vision in Chapter 4?
6. How did the Cheyenne and Sioux plan for the big expedition against the settlers and soldiers in the summer of 1865?
7. Chapter 2 speaks of the 19th century attitude of "getting rid of it." What does this refer to?
8. Explain George Armstrong Custer's birth order.
9. Why was Custer turned down for a command of a new Michigan cavalry regiment?
10. What did the chiefs' society that resumed in 1865 involve and what was Crazy Horse's role?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Libbie Bacon is described as a progressive woman. Discuss why the author states this. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think that the author chose to write about two very different men instead of a biography of a single man? In your opinion, does he do this successfully? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 3
In what ways are the language and ideas in "Crazy Horse and Custer," originally published in 1975, dated? Look particularly at words used in discussing both Native and African Americans.
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