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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 1 : Chapter 1, Chapters 5, 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 7, what was the ultimate difference between Crazy Horse and Custer?
(a) Hunting skills.
(b) Their mood.
(c) Religious beliefs.
(d) Ability to ride a horse.

2. In Chapter 3, what aspect of Sioux life would Claude Levi-Strauss, a French anthropologist, have called the "science of the concrete"?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Animals as teachers.
(c) Storytelling.
(d) Visions.

3. Whose life was more controlled by time, according to Chapter 7?
(a) Neither man.
(b) Custer.
(c) Both men.
(d) Crazy Horse.

4. What was the most important subject at West Point when Custer attended?
(a) Science.
(b) Oration.
(c) Military strategy.
(d) Math.

5. What are the Lance Owners?
(a) Elders.
(b) A Sioux society.
(c) A tribal nickname.
(d) Cheyenne warriors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Sioux were estimated to be at the great council at Bear Butte in Chapter 4?

2. The Black Hills were known to the Sioux as a holy place called ______________.

3. What is Pennsylvania Dutch?

4. Who wrote to Custer, "...I had to weep for joy that the recollection was sweet in your memory"?

5. In Chapter 7, what wars are cited as wars that Custer taught about?

(see the answer key)

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