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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: The Old Trapper, Chapters 25 through 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Crow term Dapiek Absaroka mean?
(a) Honored friend.
(b) Chief.
(c) The Killer of Crows.
(d) Beloved son.

2. When the Sioux attacked Fort Kearney in 1866, to where did Colonel Carrington, the commanding officer, need a volunteer to ride for reinforcements and assistance?
(a) Fort Laramie.
(b) Denver.
(c) Fort Davis.
(d) Fort Bennington.

3. What did the wife of the warrior who had captured Waving Grass do when her husband brought Waving Grass home?
(a) She poisoned Waving Grass.
(b) She gave Waving Grass unending heavy labor.
(c) She stabbed her husband in a fit of jealousy.
(d) She beat Waving Grass and starved the younger woman.

4. With what type of rifle did the Army replace Johnston's Hawken?
(a) A Winchester.
(b) A Springfield.
(c) A Remington.
(d) A Spencer.

5. What result did Johnston's fame have on Indians who ambushed him?
(a) They greatly feared him.
(b) They respected him.
(c) They mocked him.
(d) They doubted the truth of his reputation and wanted to test it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he visited the cairn of his wife and baby in Chapter 9, what did Johnston do with his loved one's skulls?

2. What was the name of the steamer that brought Johnston from St. Louis to St. Joseph when he first came west to become a trapper?

3. Which Mountain Man had no memory prior to his own scalping, which he survived?

4. What happened to the reputation of the Crow as a result of Johnston's vendetta against them?

5. In what formation did Big Robert's warriors ride toward the Flathead camp in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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