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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: A Man Among Men, Chapters 11 through 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe what Old John Hatcher looked like when Johnston first met him?
(a) Long blonde hair and a beard.
(b) Over six feet in height and two hundred pounds in weight.
(c) Dressed in a black frock coat and shiny black boots.
(d) Dressed in buckskin and moccasins.

2. Which of the following was not a gift Bear's Head bestowed on Johnston in Chapter 8?
(a) A new wife.
(b) A horse.
(c) A white buffalo blanket.
(d) A beaded Crow saddle.

3. What was the name of the steamer that brought Johnston from St. Louis to St. Joseph when he first came west to become a trapper?
(a) The Adelaide Maria.
(b) The Missouri Belle.
(c) The Carolina Belle.
(d) The Thames.

4. With what type of rifle did the Army replace Johnston's Hawken?
(a) A Remington.
(b) A Springfield.
(c) A Spencer.
(d) A Winchester.

5. Who did Old John Hatcher tell Johnston would pay big money for Indian scalps?
(a) The English.
(b) The French.
(c) The U.S. Army.
(d) The Mexican Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Fort Kearney of particular abhorrence to the Sioux?

2. What did Johnston use to knock out the Crow sentry in Chapter 7?

3. What was the Flathead greeting for a visiting relative?

4. Who saw Johnston at his wife's secret grave and realized why he was on a vendetta against the Crow?

5. How did Johnston respond when a river tramp tried to rob him upon his disembarking from the steamer that brought him west?

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