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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After what skirmish did Custer call the Civil War a "Glorious War"?
(a) Vicksburg.
(b) Rappahannock River.
(c) Fredericksburg.
(d) Appomattox.

2. What element of the weather do the Plains and the seashore share?
(a) Warm, muggy temperatures.
(b) High wind velocity.
(c) Lack of snow.
(d) Limited rainfall.

3. In Chapter 11, who on Custer's household staff took care of the horses?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Emerson.
(c) Joseph Fought.
(d) Johnnie Cisco.

4. What fellow West Point friend did Custer congratulate on his successes in the Confederate artillery?
(a) Austin Blair.
(b) John Pelham.
(c) Gimlet Lea.
(d) George Yates.

5. Who said to give the Indian "a love for exclusive property"?
(a) Secretary of War, Henry Knox.
(b) Founding father, Samuel Adams.
(c) Vermont lawyer, Thomas Farnham.
(d) President Andrew Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became a distinguishing mark of the 3rd Cavalry Division?

2. What political party did Custer belong to?

3. What was Custer's first nickname at West Point?

4. According to Chapter 7, who of the book's subjects had seen combat by this time?

5. What is Pennsylvania Dutch?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Colonel Chivington set up the events of the Sand Creek Massacre?

2. What were the results of Custer's leadership on the Wilderness campaign of May, 1864?

3. What type of furniture did Custer have at West Point?

4. Custer only took one leave from West Point. When and where did he go?

5. Who is Francis Parkman, and why is he significant in the beginning chapters?

6. Why do men and animals congregate in the tree groves on the Great Plains in Chapter 1?

7. What did the chiefs' society that resumed in 1865 involve and what was Crazy Horse's role?

8. How are Crazy Horse and Custer viewed during their late teens?

9. Describe what happened when Custer and his wife left for the Wilderness Campaign.

10. Why was Custer turned down for a command of a new Michigan cavalry regiment?

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