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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. How many troops did Custer have at Little Bighorn?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. What does Custer take a resolution to not do anymore in 1869?
(a) Stay away from Libbie.
(b) Gamble.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Drink.

3. Who is Mark Kellogg?
(a) Custer's second in command.
(b) News correspondent.
(c) Custer's brother-in-law.
(d) Custer's nephew.

4. Where did Crazy Horse mourn his daughter's death for three days and nights?
(a) Shoshoni country.
(b) Powder River.
(c) Black Hills.
(d) Crow Country.

5. Along what trail did the army plan to build a fort in 1866?
(a) Overland.
(b) Bozeman.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Crazy Horse marry in 1872?

2. At the Battle of Washita, what tune did Custer have the band play?

3. Who is Mitch Bouyer?

4. Who remarks in Chapter 21 that Custer is going to be killed?

5. Who was placed in charge of the Department of the Mississippi?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does E.B. Taylor induce Indian leaders to sign treaties?

2. What two men taught Custer the most about the Plains and the tribes that live there?

3. Why is Custer bored in Chapter 17?

4. According to the author, what mistakes did Custer make at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

5. Why was Custer's desertion rate in Kansas so high?

6. Crazy Horse becomes a leader of a band of Sioux in Chapter 20. Explain what this means.

7. According to the author, what was the first time that Crazy Horse's actions affected Custer?

8. Why did Crazy Horse keep his feelings for Black Buffalo Woman secret?

9. What happened in 1840 when some Sioux brought yellow nuggets of gold to Father De Smet?

10. By the spring of 1866, what progress has been made on the railroads, and what are the future plans?

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