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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Johnston identify Bear Claw Chris Lapp's killers?
(a) They had Lapp's gun and knives with them.
(b) They had blood on their hands and sleeves.
(c) One of their horses had Lapp's saddle on it.
(d) They had Lapp's bear claw necklaces with them.

2. Who was Big Anton Sepulveda's partner in Chapter 19?
(a) Pancho Robles.
(b) Arkansas Pete.
(c) John Johnston.
(d) Del Gue.

3. When Johnston made peace with the Crow and stopped eating their livers, what was the response of Black Elk, a Sioux chief?
(a) He offered to help the Crows kill Johnston.
(b) He said Crow livers had made Johnston a coward.
(c) He rejoiced and gave a feast for Johnston.
(d) He decided to intensify his raids against the Crow.

4. Who gave Crazy Woman Morgan a respectful burial out of respect for her friendship with Johnston?
(a) The Flatheads.
(b) The Nez Perce Indians.
(c) The Crow Indians.
(d) The U.S. Army.

5. How many warriors rode with Johnston when he did as Wahni's son asked?
(a) Eighty.
(b) One hundred and fifty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Twenty-five.

6. What kind of footwear did Arkansas Pete wear?
(a) He went barefoot.
(b) Heavy cavalry boots.
(c) Moccasins.
(d) Brogans.

7. What did Waving Grass claim her relationship with Johnston was?
(a) She claimed to be his mother.
(b) She claimed to be his sister.
(c) She claimed to be his cousin.
(d) She claimed to be his wife.

8. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends frequently used the expression "Great Jehosophat, Pocahontas, and John Smith"?
(a) Anton Sepulveda.
(b) Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
(c) Del Gue.
(d) Wind River Jake.

9. Which Ute chief was Modeno's enemy?
(a) Red Jacket.
(b) Lone Bear.
(c) Captain Jack.
(d) Deloro.

10. What honorary title did the Shoshoni give Johnston?
(a) Medicine man.
(b) Chief.
(c) Peace chief.
(d) Warrior.

11. For which side did the Seminole Indians fight in the Civil War?
(a) Both sides, since individual warriors followed their own hearts.
(b) Neither side, since they didn't participate in the war.
(c) The Union.
(d) The Confederacy.

12. What tribe captured Waving Grass?
(a) The Nez Perce.
(b) The Flatheads.
(c) The Cheyenne.
(d) The Crow.

13. When Del Gue, Hatchet Jack, and John Johnston met at Pryor's Fork in 1878, what two items that used to be available in abundance were scarce that year?
(a) Gold and whiskey.
(b) Buffalo meat and antelope meat.
(c) Hawken rifles and Bowie knives.
(d) Furs and scalps.

14. For what did Mountain Men use Fort McPherson?
(a) As a vacation spot.
(b) As a gathering place.
(c) As a trading post.
(d) As a place to find brides.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what did the Blackfoot Indians hit Johnston while they had him tied up and unable to escape?

2. How did Waving Grass end up on the prairie alone?

3. Which Sioux chief's spirit was broken after the battle at Wolf Mountain?

4. How old was John Johnston when he joined the Union Army?

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

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