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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname did Johnston and his Mountain Men friends give to the newcomers to the western frontier in Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw?
(a) Greenies.
(b) Pilgrim tenderfoots.
(c) Eastern Injuns.
(d) Eastern Eagles.

2. Why was Fort Kearney of particular abhorrence to the Sioux?
(a) The fort's commanding officer was cruel to Indians.
(b) The soldiers in the fort greatly outnumbered the Sioux.
(c) The fort's trading post would not sell to the Sioux.
(d) Its construction broke government promises.

3. Who once saved the son of the Shoshoni chief Wahni from a big wildcat?
(a) Old John Hatcher.
(b) Bigfoot Davis.
(c) Del Gue.
(d) John Johnston.

4. Which Mountain Man was known for his skill with the riata?
(a) Del Gue.
(b) Hatchet Jack.
(c) Pancho Robles.
(d) Mad Mose.

5. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends was with Johnston when he killed the eighteenth of the twenty Crow warriors Big Robert had sent after him?
(a) Del Gue.
(b) Arkansas Pete.
(c) Bigfoot Davis.
(d) Mariano Moreno.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Johnston's first assignment in the Army?

2. Who did Del Gue tell about Johnston's Blackfoot captivity despite Johnston's request that he not tell anyone the story?

3. Why did Johnston seek out the Crow chief Gray Bear after Crazy Woman Morgan's death?

4. What did Waving Grass claim her relationship with Johnston was?

5. What was Johnston's only food on the long trail from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?

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