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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. What fellow West Point friend did Custer congratulate on his successes in the Confederate artillery?

2. What year was George Armstrong Custer born?

3. According to the author, who has written the definitive biography of George Custer?

4. Ohio's population in the 1800s is called a young population by the author. Why?

5. Who did Crazy Horse fall in love with around the time he turned twenty-one years old?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Crazy Horse's religion.

2. Who is Custer's first love, and how does he know her?

3. How are Crazy Horse and Custer viewed during their late teens?

4. What did Crazy Horse and Custer think of alcohol?

5. In Chapter 11, why does the author describe Custer as a romantic?

6. What charm did Crazy Horse receive in 1862 or 1863 and from whom? What was the charm supposed to do?

7. What is a kola and who was the kola of Curly?

8. Describe what happened when Custer and his wife left for the Wilderness Campaign.

9. What differences did General McClellan have against the Lincoln administration?

10. Why do men and animals congregate in the tree groves on the Great Plains in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ambrose writes that both Crazy Horse and Custer "lived in a society that exalted individualism..." Describe how both Native American and white societies praised individualism.

Essay Topic 2

Reread the section about Pretty Boy being a winkte. What was the Sioux attitude about being a winkte, and how does that compare to today's attitudes about gay people?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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