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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. According to Chapter 7, who of the book's subjects had seen combat by this time?
2. What old friend did Custer persuade General Pleasonton to give him as as aide?
3. What was the most important subject at West Point when Custer attended?
4. About how much did Crazy Horse weigh at the age of 24?
5. Who says, "Crazy Horse always led his men himself when they went into battle, and he kept well in front of them"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are Crazy Horse and Custer viewed during their late teens?
2. How did Colonel Chivington set up the events of the Sand Creek Massacre?
3. Custer only took one leave from West Point. When and where did he go?
4. How did the Cheyenne and Sioux plan for the big expedition against the settlers and soldiers in the summer of 1865?
5. What were the results of Custer's leadership on the Wilderness campaign of May, 1864?
6. Who is Custer's first love, and how does he know her?
7. Describe the plunder that George Bent reports he sees in an Indian camp as the Sioux and Cheyenne attack settlements along the Platte River.
8. Explain George Armstrong Custer's birth order.
9. What did De Crevecoeur have in mind when he wrote, "The American is a new man who acts on new principles"?
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
Choose the man, Crazy Horse or Custer, whom you most admire most after reading this book.Write an essay on why you admire this man, providing facts from the book to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Libbie Bacon is described as a progressive woman. Discuss why the author states this. Do you agree? Why or why not?
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