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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What language was Bear's Head surprised to learn that Johnston could speak besides English?
(a) The Crow tongue.
(b) Cheyenne.
(c) Arapaho.
(d) The Flathead tongue.

4. 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?
(a) The Thames.
(b) The Missouri Belle.
(c) The Adelaide Maria.
(d) The Carolina Belle.

5. Which of the following was not a gift Bear's Head bestowed on Johnston in Chapter 8?
(a) A beaded Crow saddle.
(b) A new wife.
(c) A horse.
(d) A white buffalo blanket.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Johnston prepare his cabin for the winter in Chapter 9?

2. On the banks of what river did Johnston first encounter Old John Hatcher?

3. What did Johnston do to the Crow horses in Chapter 7?

4. What did Johnston use to knock out the Crow sentry in Chapter 7?

5. How much more did Joe Robidoux charge Johnston for his traps than Johnston would have paid in St. Louis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Mariano Modeno and what was his relationship to John Johnston?

2. Describe Johnston's physical appearance and discuss how it contributed to his legend.

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

4. Why did John Hatcher scalp Indians and how did John Johnston first encounter scalping?

5. Discuss the relationship between Waving Grass and John Johnston.

6. What tragic encounter did the Morgan family have with Blackfoot Indians in Chapter 4?

7. Who was Sam Grant and how did he encounter John Johnston?

8. How did the Mountain Men's Springfield rifles differ from their old Hawken rifles?

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

10. What was the outcome of the battle between the Flatheads and the Crows in Chapter 8?

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