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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 1 : Chapter 1, War & Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Custer spend his teenager years according to Chapter 7?
(a) Playing practical jokes.
(b) Competing against others.
(c) Going to school.
(d) Trying to do something and be somebody.

2. How old was Custer when he graduated from the Academy and started his first paying job?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Sixteen.

3. Who are the "loafers" referred to in Chapter 9?
(a) A group of Crow Indians.
(b) Indians who intermarried with white settlers.
(c) The men that Chivington chose at Sand Creek.
(d) Peaceful Indians who lived near and depended upon the fort.

4. What nickname did Crazy Horse go by as a child?
(a) Chips.
(b) Little Warrior.
(c) Crazy Horse.
(d) Curly.

5. What position was Custer serving in when he was arrested and court-martial proceedings were started against him?
(a) Officer of the Guard.
(b) First Cadet.
(c) Commandant of the Cadets.
(d) Officer of the Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Washakie?

2. What is the WPPA?

3. How many Native Americans made up the decoy party after camping on July 24, 1865?

4. Who says, "Crazy Horse always led his men himself when they went into battle, and he kept well in front of them"?

5. In 1865, the Oglala resurrected a system of government that acted as a chief's society. The seven men over forty who served were called what?

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