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

2. How did Johnston respond when a river tramp tried to rob him upon his disembarking from the steamer that brought him west?
(a) He fainted.
(b) He knocked the tramp down.
(c) He shot the tramp.
(d) He called for the sheriff.

3. Where did Joe Robidoux let Johnston sleep in his store?
(a) On a dirty mattress in the back storeroom.
(b) On a couple of quilts on the floor.
(c) On the countertop.
(d) On grain bags filled with corn shucks on the floor.

4. What was the trapping like at the place where Joe Robidoux advised Johnston to trap?
(a) There was abundant trapping of all kinds of animals.
(b) The area was trapped out years before.
(c) Plenty of beaver and otter trapping was available.
(d) Mink trapping was plentiful but there were no other animals.

5. What items did Johnston bring to the trading post to trade once he began his vendetta against the Crow?
(a) Crow horses.
(b) Beaver pelts and bullets.
(c) Furs and Crow scalps.
(d) Clothing and beadwork and leather stolen from the Crow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to the Morgan children during the Indian attack on the family?

3. When Johnston attacked and killed the Crow sentry in Chapter 7, what did he find in the Indian's possession?

4. What nickname was given to Johnston in 1848?

5. What did Johnston do to the Crow horses in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Mariano Modeno and what was his relationship to John Johnston?

2. How did the Mountain Men's Springfield rifles differ from their old Hawken rifles?

3. How did Joe Robidoux cheat John Johnston when Johnston first started out as a trapper?

4. How did Johnston prepare his cabin for the winter in Chapter 9?

5. When Johnston became a deputy sheriff in Custer County, Colorado, in what ways was he effective as a lawman and in what ways was he ineffective as a lawman?

6. In what ways did the lives of both the Indians and the Mountain Men change forever in 1876-77?

7. What did Johnston keep hidden in a kettle buried in the mountains?

8. Discuss Johnston's encounter with the eighteenth Crow warrior sent after him by Big Robert.

9. Who was The Wolf and what was his relationship with John Johnston?

10. In Chapter 21, what did Johnston do to his cabin and why did his action surprise Del Gue?

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