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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 3 : Chapter 2, Custer & Crazy Horse both on the Plains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between Custer and Crazy Horse, who came from a modest background, according to Chapter 12?
(a) Both men.
(b) Neither man.
(c) Crazy Horse.
(d) Custer.

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

3. At what age did most Sioux boys participate in their first tribal hunt?
(a) Fourteen to fifteen.
(b) Twelve or thirteen.
(c) Ten or eleven.
(d) Sixteen to seventeen.

4. According to Chapter 7, who of the book's subjects had seen combat by this time?
(a) Neither Crazy Horse nor Custer.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) Custer.
(d) Both Crazy Horse and Custer.

5. Who is Washakie?
(a) Cheyenne warrior.
(b) Headman of the Shoshoni.
(c) Headman of the Crow.
(d) Oglala warrior.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What element of the weather do the Plains and the seashore share?

3. In Chapter12, how many times a year might Crazy Horse go on a buffalo hunt?

4. Who was mortally wounded from Custer's charge against the Confederates at Yellow Tavern?

5. When E.B. Taylor met with Red Cloud, what did he raise the annual annuities to?

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