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

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

3. Who does the author credit with giving Custer his first big break in Chapter 10?

4. What are the Lance Owners?

5. At what ages did Custer and Crazy Horse become recognized leaders?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Curly's first human kill.

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

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

4. How did the Cheyenne and Sioux plan for the big expedition against the settlers and soldiers in the summer of 1865?

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

6. Explain George Armstrong Custer's birth order.

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

8. According to the author, what led Curly to seek a vision in Chapter 4?

9. What was the demerit policy of West Point when Custer attended? How many demerits did he regularly receive?

10. Who is Francis Parkman, and why is he significant in the beginning chapters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ambrose says that Sherman put "a joker in the deck" of the 1869 Treaty. He calls that joker civilization. Write an essay about what the treaty required of the Sioux relating to civilization. Why does the author refer to this as a "joker"?

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

On more than one occasion, the author has compared Custer to famed World War II general, George S. Patton. Research the life of Patton, then compare and contrast the two men.

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