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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. How many of Big Robert's warriors ever returned home?
(a) None.
(b) Ten.
(c) All of them.
(d) One.

2. What was Johnston's attitude toward alcohol?
(a) He bought and sold it, so it was a product to him.
(b) He drank on occasion.
(c) He never drank it.
(d) He was an alcoholic.

3. Which of the following was not a quality of the Crow Indians?
(a) They were fisherman.
(b) They were family oriented.
(c) They were artisans.
(d) They were proud and brave.

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

5. What did Crow Indians do to John Johnston's wife in 1847?
(a) They forced her to divorce Johnston.
(b) They kidnapped her.
(c) They made her their medicine woman.
(d) They scalped and killed her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following was not a gift Bear's Head bestowed on Johnston in Chapter 8?

3. What did Joe Robidoux do to his own son to acquire property the young man had inherited?

4. What two items did Johnston braid together and show Bear's Head in Chapter 8?

5. By what nickname did Mrs. Morgan become known after the attack on her family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Johnston know when he found the Crow warrior who had killed The Swan and how did he react when he realized he had found his wife's murderer?

2. What role did Johnston play in Portuguese Phillips' ride to Fort Laramie for help when Fort Kearney was under Sioux attack?

3. How did Johnston become Del Gue's partner after having been John Hatcher's partner in fur trading?

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

5. Why did John Johnston seek vengeance against the Crow Indians?

6. What did Johnston find at his cabin when he returned after a hunting trip at the end of Chapter 5 and how did he respond to what he found?

7. What nicknames did John Johnston have?

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

9. How did The Swan's forehead differ from the foreheads of other females in her tribe?

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

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