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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. In Chapter 3, what aspect of Sioux life would Claude Levi-Strauss, a French anthropologist, have called the "science of the concrete"?

2. What medal did Tom Custer receive for his actions at Appomattox?

3. Between Custer and Crazy Horse, who came from a modest background, according to Chapter 12?

4. Whose life was more controlled by time, according to Chapter 7?

5. When did Custer become a Major General?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Colonel Chivington set up the events of the Sand Creek Massacre?

3. Explain George Armstrong Custer's birth order.

4. What did De Crevecoeur have in mind when he wrote, "The American is a new man who acts on new principles"?

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

6. Why was Custer turned down for a command of a new Michigan cavalry regiment?

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

8. What were some of Crazy Horse's idiosyncracies as . noted before he went into battle?

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

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

Discuss the economic depression of 1873. Contrast it with a later economic depression in the United States.

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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