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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: A Man Among Men, Chapters 11 through 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends frequently used the expression "Great Jehosophat, Pocahontas, and John Smith"?
(a) Wind River Jake.
(b) Del Gue.
(c) Anton Sepulveda.
(d) Bear Claw Chris Lapp.

2. For which side did the Seminole Indians fight in the Civil War?
(a) Both sides, since individual warriors followed their own hearts.
(b) Neither side, since they didn't participate in the war.
(c) The Confederacy.
(d) The Union.

3. When The Wolf captured Johnston, what did he tell Johnston he intended to do with him?
(a) Give Johnston his choice of Blackfoot women to marry.
(b) Torture and then kill him.
(c) Make him an honorary chief of the Blackfoot tribe.
(d) Trade him to the Crows.

4. 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) Mariano Moreno.
(d) Bigfoot Davis.

5. How much more did Joe Robidoux charge Johnston for his traps than Johnston would have paid in St. Louis?
(a) Twice the St. Louis price.
(b) Five times the St. Louis price.
(c) Triple the St. Louis price.
(d) Twenty dollars more than the St. Louis price.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends passed down the oral history of his exploits and kept his legend alive?

2. What language did the Blackfoot chief The Wolf speak in addition to the Blackfoot tongue?

3. How did the other Mountain Men respond to the news that the Blackfoot Indians had held Johnston captive?

4. How old was John Johnston when he joined the Union Army?

5. Who volunteered for the dangerous job of riding for assistance for the besieged Fort Kearney?

(see the answer key)

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