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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. For which side did the Cherokee 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 Union.
(d) The Confederacy.

2. With which more experienced trapper did Johnston first become friends upon moving west?
(a) Old John Hatcher.
(b) Anton Sepulveda.
(c) Hatchet Jack.
(d) Del Gue.

3. Which of the following is not a characteristic for which Johnston was known?
(a) Being surly.
(b) Being mistrustful.
(c) Being uncommunicative.
(d) Being gregarious.

4. How did Johnston respond when a river tramp tried to rob him upon his disembarking from the steamer that brought him west?
(a) He knocked the tramp down.
(b) He fainted.
(c) He shot the tramp.
(d) He called for the sheriff.

5. How did Johnston prepare his cabin for the winter in Chapter 9?
(a) He fixed the holes in the roof.
(b) He put buffalo robes on the walls and bear rugs on the floor.
(c) He installed glass windowpanes.
(d) He added a second fireplace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the trapping like at the place where Joe Robidoux advised Johnston to trap?

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

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

5. Who did Old John Hatcher tell Johnston would pay big money for Indian scalps?

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