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

2. In 1868, approximately how many troops were stationed on the frontier?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 70,000.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 25,000.

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

4. Who was placed in charge of the Department of the Mississippi?
(a) Major General Sherman.
(b) General Tecumseh.
(c) Colonel Taylor.
(d) Colonel Carrington.

5. What did Medicine Arrow do to give Custer bad luck?
(a) Refused to smoke a pipe with him.
(b) Spit on Custer's boots.
(c) Rode in a circle counterclockwise.
(d) Poured ashes from a pipe onto Custer's boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Custer have his photo taken with in the Black Hills?

2. Who leads the charge at the Battle at Rosebud?

3. What was the Army's station from their fight at Little Bighorn and where Custer planned for them to return to after the battle?

4. Who is the Miniconjou medicine man who has a strong vision in Chapter 18?

5. Where did Red Cloud make what the author calls a "splendid" speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were agency Indians?

2. How does Sitting Bull describe Custer's death?

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

4. What was the real purpose of inviting Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and other Indian leaders to Washington in 1870?

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

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

7. Describe Red Cloud in 1866 and what makes him a good leader.

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

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

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

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