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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Crazy Horse, Hump, and Good Weasel.
(d) Red Feather, He Dog, and Little Hawk.

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

3. Where did Red Cloud make what the author calls a "splendid" speech?
(a) Cooper Union, New York.
(b) Potomac River, Washington, D.C.
(c) State Capitol, Omaha.
(d) World's Fair, Chicago.

4. What was Carrington's Achilles' heel?
(a) Need for water.
(b) Poor commanding officers.
(c) Need for wood.
(d) Horses.

5. Who is humiliated by the Crow at Rosebud?
(a) General Crook.
(b) Jack Red Cloud.
(c) General Gibbon.
(d) Chief Comes-in-Sight.

6. At the Battle of Washita, what tune did Custer have the band play?
(a) Revele.
(b) Taps.
(c) Garry Owen.
(d) When the Saints Go Marching In.

7. Custer wrote to Libbie that the "Indians have a new name for me." What was it?
(a) Loud man.
(b) Liar.
(c) Yellow Hair.
(d) Thief.

8. What do the Cheyenne call the battle at Rosebud?
(a) Where the Crow and Shoshoni are Beat.
(b) Crazy Horse's Revenge.
(c) Attack of the Crook.
(d) Where the Girl Saved Her Brother.

9. Which regiment stages a mutiny against Custer in Texas?
(a) 4th Colorado Cavalry.
(b) 2nd Kansas Cavalry.
(c) 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry.
(d) 1st Texas Cavalry.

10. What river takes the Custer party to Alexandria?
(a) Canadian River.
(b) Mississippi River.
(c) Red River.
(d) Ohio River.

11. Who leads the charge at the Battle at Rosebud?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) General Custer.
(c) General Crook.
(d) Crazy Horse.

12. Whose brains splattered on Reno's face during fire?
(a) Lieutenant Clark.
(b) Bloody Knief.
(c) Benteen.
(d) John Martini.

13. In the last five months of 1866, how many times did the Sioux attack Fort Phil Kearny?
(a) 12.
(b) 51.
(c) 23.
(d) 39.

14. Who was Custer to accompany on his first post-Civil War assignment?
(a) General Grant.
(b) General Kirby-Smith.
(c) General Sheridan.
(d) General Sherman.

15. In Chapter 15, Custer ignores orders and camps at the Republican River because he is expecting Libbie to arrive at which fort?
(a) Fort Wallace.
(b) Fort Sedgwick.
(c) Fort Laramie.
(d) Fort Leavenworth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Carrington read the Bible every morning in what languages?

3. Which Native American scout remained with Custer as he first entered the Black Hills in 1874?

4. What was the title of Libbie's description of her and her husband's time at Fort Hays?

5. What weapon was Crazy Horse carrying at Little Bighorn?

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