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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. Who did Crazy Horse fall in love with around the time he turned twenty-one years old?
(a) Black Buffalo Woman.
(b) Sitting Bull's niece.
(c) Red Shawl Woman.
(d) Daughter of Old-Man-Afraid-of-his-Horses.

2. Who operated as the rear guard in the fight against the Shoshoni in Chapter 17?
(a) Hump, He Dog, and Crazy Horse.
(b) Good Weasel, Little Hawk, and Red Feather.
(c) Red Feather, He Dog, and Little Hawk.
(d) Crazy Horse, Hump, and Good Weasel.

3. Who was mortally wounded from Custer's charge against the Confederates at Yellow Tavern?
(a) Jeb Stuart.
(b) Wesley Merritt.
(c) Phil Sheridan.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

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

5. What could happen to a Union soldier who did not do his duty in combat?
(a) Court-martial.
(b) Sentenced to a year of hard labor.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Branded with the letter 'C' for coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. At age ten, Custer went to live with his half-sister and her new husband who lived in __________.

2. What was the most important subject at West Point when Custer attended?

3. Who went along with Crazy Horse on night time raids of the settlers in Chapter 9?

4. In what year was George Armstrong Custer born?

5. What position is Custer offered in Chapter 14 that pays $10,000 a year?

(see the answer key)

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