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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. Who blocked Custer's path on the north side of the river with approximately 1,500 Hunkpapas?

2. According to Chapter 20, what two Sioux leaders were jealous of each other?

3. Who operated as the rear guard in the fight against the Shoshoni in Chapter 17?

4. Who leads the charge at the Battle at Rosebud?

5. One of the boys who listened to Crazy Horse tell stories became a famous holy man. Who was it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Crazy Horse's friend, He Dog, decide to do before the battle at Rosebud?

2. What did General Sherman hope to have happen when he pushed for the 1868 peace treaty with the Sioux?

3. What is the "Panic of 1873"?

4. How does Sitting Bull describe Custer's death?

5. What route did Custer's party take to Texas?

6. What change does becoming a father have on Crazy Horse?

7. According to the author, what was the first time that Crazy Horse's actions affected Custer?

8. What were agency Indians?

9. Crazy Horse becomes a leader of a band of Sioux in Chapter 20. Explain what this means.

10. What did the government mean about "civilization" in the Treaty of 1868?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on Part I only, compare and contrast Crazy Horse and Custer. In your opinion, does the author have enough similarities between these two men for any interesting analysis of their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Libbie Bacon is described as a progressive woman. Discuss why the author states this. Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of Chapter 13, the author quotes Captain William Fetterman as saying, "With eighty men, I can ride through the entire Sioux nation." Discuss what Fetterman means by this statement and what such a statement says about him.

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