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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Part 4 : Chapter 1, 1873 & 1874.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bad news did Custer receive on January 31, 1866?
(a) His mother had died.
(b) He had been demoted to Captain.
(c) He is to be court-martialed.
(d) His first child has died during childbirth.

2. Who led the attack on Black Kettle's band of Cheyenne at Sand Creek in 1864?
(a) Colonel Chivington.
(b) Captain Custer.
(c) General Evans.
(d) Colonel Collins.

3. Where did Crazy Horse mourn his daughter's death for three days and nights?
(a) Black Hills.
(b) Powder River.
(c) Shoshoni country.
(d) Crow Country.

4. When do Custer and Crazy Horse first fight in the same battle?
(a) December, 1872.
(b) January, 1874.
(c) October, 1873.
(d) July, 1873.

5. Why says in Chapter 18, "There are not many joyous people here"?
(a) Custer.
(b) Lieutenant Stanley.
(c) Libbie Custer.
(d) Tom Custer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed Captain Fetterman?

2. Who was Custer to accompany on his first post-Civil War assignment?

3. In Chapter 20, who makes the statement that if he were Indian, he would prefer to live on the open plains instead of a reservation?

4. Who has Custer arrested on the Yellowstone campaign?

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

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