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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did John Johnston give The Swan after marrying her?
2. Who saw Johnston at his wife's secret grave and realized why he was on a vendetta against the Crow?
3. What items did Johnston bring to the trading post to trade once he began his vendetta against the Crow?
4. What was the trapping like at the place where Joe Robidoux advised Johnston to trap?
5. What happened to the Morgan children during the Indian attack on the family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Arkansas Pete like according to Chapter 27?
2. In what ways did the lives of both the Indians and the Mountain Men change forever in 1876-77?
3. What gifts did Johnston offer to Bear's Head for The Swan and how did the value of his presents compare to what price Bear's Head asked for his daughter?
4. Discuss the relationship between Waving Grass and John Johnston.
5. Who was Captain Jack and what was his relationship to Mariano Modeno?
6. How did John Johnston first meet Old John Hatcher and what business partnership did the two men forge?
7. In what ways was John Johnston typical for a Mountain Man of his era and in what ways was he atypical for a Mountain Man of his era?
8. Why did Wahni's son want Johnston's help against the Nez Perce?
9. Who was Sam Grant and how did he encounter John Johnston?
10. Who was The Wolf and what was his relationship with John Johnston?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the multicultural influences in the life of John Johnston and how these various cultures reflect the multicultural nature of the American west. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the depiction of women in Crow Killer: The Legend of Liver-Eating Johnson. Are women in positions of leadership? What characteristics and roles are ascribed to women on the western frontier? Do the men in the mountains treat the women as equals or do they try to dominate them? Cite at least three examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
According to the introduction of the book, Raymond Thorp obtained much of the information he used to write about Liver-Eating Johnson from oral history. Discuss the sources Raymond Thorp used in writing his biography and the likelihood that John Johnston's story contains myth or legend as well as fact. What factors make it likely that there is some myth in the story? What documentation exists to prove that some of the story is fact? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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