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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 3 : Chapter 1, Chapters 13 & 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was placed in charge of the Department of the Mississippi?
(a) Colonel Carrington.
(b) General Tecumseh.
(c) Major General Sherman.
(d) Colonel Taylor.

2. What book led to Custer writing an essay titled, "The Red Man" while at West Point?
(a) Leatherstocking Tales.
(b) Eutaw.
(c) Last of the Mohicans.
(d) Swallow Barn.

3. In what city did Custer and his wife have their portraits painted in Chapter 14?
(a) Memphis.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Houston.

4. In Chapter 2, the author writes that Americans worked so much that work became ____________.
(a) The reason for living.
(b) A hobby.
(c) A religion.
(d) A psychic need.

5. How many Sioux were estimated to be at the great council at Bear Butte in Chapter 4?
(a) Less than a thousand.
(b) 5000 to 7500.
(c) 1000 to 2500.
(d) 3000 to 4500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Oglalas call the road that the settlers knew as "The Oregon Trail"?

2. What river takes the Custer party to Alexandria?

3. What political party did Custer belong to?

4. What is Pennsylvania Dutch?

5. What was the last major tribe pushed onto the Plains by military defeats with other tribes?

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