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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 role did Crow Indian women have in the tribal council?

2. Where did Joe Robidoux let Johnston sleep in his store?

3. What result did Johnston's fame have on Indians who ambushed him?

4. How many horses did the Flathead tribe have corralled near their camp for trading with the Crow in Chapter 8?

5. Who saw Johnston at his wife's secret grave and realized why he was on a vendetta against the Crow?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Johnston help The Crazy Woman in Chapter 4?

2. With whom did Johnston partner in 1878 and what difficulties did the trapping partners face?

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

4. How did John Johnston first meet Old John Hatcher and what business partnership did the two men forge?

5. Who was The Fox and what tie did he have with Johnston's friend, Old John Hatcher?

6. How did Johnston's relationship with the Shoshoni Indians differ from his relationship with the Crow Indians?

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

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

9. What was Arkansas Pete like according to Chapter 27?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss John Johnson's character flaws and strengths. How do his flaws hinder him in dealing with the conflicts in his relationships and in his historical era? How do his strengths help him in dealing with the conflicts in his relationships and in his historical era? Is his violence typical or atypical for his historical era? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the dialogue in Raymond Thorp's book Crow Killer: The Legend of Liver-Eating Johnson. How does it convey the historical era and depict the individuals discussed in the book? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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