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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Brother of the Crows, Chapters 19 through 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1848, what story spread through the west about the scalped and mutilated bodies of Crow warriors, and only Crow warriors, that were being found in the area?
(a) That Crazy Woman Morgan was killing and mutilating them.
(b) That John Johnston was killing the Crow and eating their livers.
(c) That a wild bear was killing and mutilating them.
(d) That the Shoshoni were killing and mutilating them.

2. How did Waving Grass end up on the prairie alone?
(a) The Cheyenne abandoned her there.
(b) She was abandoned by a Nez Perce lover.
(c) She got lost while gathering berries.
(d) She ran away from her captors.

3. How long did Waving Grass and Johnston travel and trap furs together?
(a) Six months.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two years.

4. What item buried with the bones of Johnston's wife and baby revealed that the Crow were responsible for the deaths of Johnston's family?
(a) A beaded necklace made by the Crow.
(b) A Crow warrior's moccasin.
(c) A single Eagle feather.
(d) A Crow chief's tomahawk.

5. What other tribes contributed warriors to Johnston's forces when he rode out to do as Wahni's son had asked?
(a) The Apache and the Seminoles.
(b) The Cheyenne, Navajo, and Arapaho.
(c) The Utes, Flatheads, and Crows.
(d) The Sioux and the Comanche.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Johnston identify Bear Claw Chris Lapp's killers?

2. What result did Johnston's fame have on Indians who ambushed him?

3. Why did the son of the Shoshoni chief Wahni seek out Johnston?

4. What was Johnston's opinion of Buffalo Bill Cody?

5. In Chapter 8, when Johnston showed Bear's Head the object he took from the Crow sentry, what did Bear's Head command his warriors to do?

(see the answer key)

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