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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. About how much did Crazy Horse weigh at the age of 24?
2. Who went along with Crazy Horse on night time raids of the settlers in Chapter 9?
3. According to Chapter 7, who of the book's subjects had seen combat by this time?
4. Who did Custer meet on Thanksgiving evening in 1862?
5. In Chapter 7, what was constricting in Custer's life?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the author, what led Curly to seek a vision in Chapter 4?
2. In Chapter 11, why does the author describe Custer as a romantic?
3. What charm did Crazy Horse receive in 1862 or 1863 and from whom? What was the charm supposed to do?
4. How did Colonel Chivington set up the events of the Sand Creek Massacre?
5. What type of furniture did Custer have at West Point?
6. How did the Cheyenne and Sioux plan for the big expedition against the settlers and soldiers in the summer of 1865?
7. What did Crazy Horse and Custer think of alcohol?
8. Describe the plunder that George Bent reports he sees in an Indian camp as the Sioux and Cheyenne attack settlements along the Platte River.
9. In Chapter 3, why was Curly encouraged to look up to young warriors? In what way did he not?
10. What were some of Crazy Horse's idiosyncracies as . noted before he went into battle?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
At the Battle at Rosebud, Crazy Horse tells his men, "It's a good day to die." This phrase has often been repeated by others. What do you think Crazy Horse meant? Are there other possible meanings?
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