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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Liver Eating Johnson, Chapters 6 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item buried with the bones of Johnston's wife and baby revealed that the Crow were responsible for the deaths of Johnston's family?
(a) A Crow warrior's moccasin.
(b) A single Eagle feather.
(c) A Crow chief's tomahawk.
(d) A beaded necklace made by the Crow.

2. What happened to the Morgan children during the Indian attack on the family?
(a) They escaped on horseback.
(b) They were captured by the Indians.
(c) They were wounded by bullets but lived.
(d) They were scalped and killed.

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

4. What was Johnston's attitude toward alcohol?
(a) He bought and sold it, so it was a product to him.
(b) He never drank it.
(c) He was an alcoholic.
(d) He drank on occasion.

5. On the banks of what river did Johnston first encounter Old John Hatcher?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Missouri.
(c) The Big Blue.
(d) The Powder.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what skill did the Crow Indians excel?

3. What did Joe Robidoux do to rival trader Manuel Lisa to prevent Lisa from trading with the Pawnee?

4. Who did Johnston find in his cabin when he returned to it at the end of Chapter 8?

5. What happened to Mrs. Morgan as a result of the Indian attack on her family?

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