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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Thames.
(b) The Adelaide Maria.
(c) The Carolina Belle.
(d) The Missouri Belle.

2. What language was Bear's Head surprised to learn that Johnston could speak besides English?
(a) Arapaho.
(b) The Crow tongue.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) The Flathead tongue.

3. What treaty laid out specific boundaries for Crow territory?
(a) The Crow Treaty of 1858.
(b) The Western Expansion Treaty.
(c) The Montana and Nevada Treaty.
(d) The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851.

4. How many warriors did Chief Big Robert send to hunt down Johnston?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Eight hundred.

5. Who was following Big Robert's warriors toward the Flathead camp in Chapter 7?
(a) The U.S. Army.
(b) John Johnston.
(c) The Utes.
(d) The Cheyenne.

6. Who did Johnston find in his cabin when he returned to it at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Del Gue.
(b) The Fox.
(c) Bear's Head.
(d) Anton Sepulveda.

7. When he visited the cairn of his wife and baby in Chapter 9, what did Johnston do with his loved one's skulls?
(a) He burned them.
(b) He wrapped them in furs.
(c) He held them and mourned over them.
(d) He set them atop poles in front of his cabin.

8. What was the Flathead greeting for a visiting relative?
(a) Putting your right hand on the left side of the visitor's chest.
(b) Bowing on one knee and touching the ground with a spear.
(c) Hugging the visitor.
(d) Rubbing their cheek with your cheek.

9. What did Johnston use to knock out the Crow sentry in Chapter 7?
(a) A stick.
(b) A coffee pot.
(c) A rock.
(d) A spear.

10. What result did Johnston's fame have on Indians who ambushed him?
(a) They greatly feared him.
(b) They mocked him.
(c) They doubted the truth of his reputation and wanted to test it.
(d) They respected him.

11. 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?
(a) Make Johnston an honorary chief.
(b) Take Johnston prisoner.
(c) Avenge The Swan by fighting the Crow coming to trade.
(d) Send presents to the Crow.

12. With what weapon did Mrs. Morgan fight off the Indians who attacked her family?
(a) A tomahawk.
(b) A Hawken rifle.
(c) A hatchet.
(d) A Bowie knife.

13. What color was John Johnston's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

14. What did Johnston have to do to his own horse at the beginning of Chapter 8 because he had pushed it so hard?
(a) Sell it.
(b) Shoot it.
(c) Leave it on the prairie to rest and eat.
(d) Trade it to the Indians.

15. What does the Crow term Dapiek Absaroka mean?
(a) Honored friend.
(b) Chief.
(c) The Killer of Crows.
(d) Beloved son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Big Robert's warriors ever returned home?

2. What kind of rifle did Joe Robidoux sell Johnston?

3. How many horses did the Flathead tribe have corralled near their camp for trading with the Crow in Chapter 8?

4. Which of the following statements does not describe what Old John Hatcher looked like when Johnston first met him?

5. Who was Wahni or "The Fox"?

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