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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. In what year did Johnston first come to St. Joseph?
(a) 1760.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1815.
(d) 1843.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe what Old John Hatcher looked like when Johnston first met him?
(a) Long blonde hair and a beard.
(b) Dressed in buckskin and moccasins.
(c) Over six feet in height and two hundred pounds in weight.
(d) Dressed in a black frock coat and shiny black boots.

3. What did Old John Hatcher do with his Bowie knife after killing one of his attackers in Chapter 2?
(a) He buried his knife and swore never to use it again.
(b) He sold the knife to Joe Robidoux.
(c) He gave his knife to Johnston as a gift.
(d) He scalped the Indian.

4. In Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw, what happened to the elk Del Gue left overnight in a tree for safekeeping?
(a) The Blackfoot Indians stole part of it.
(b) It got rained on during a thunderstorm.
(c) It fell from the tree and was eaten by vultures.
(d) Wolves ate it.

5. What kind of rifle did Joe Robidoux sell Johnston?
(a) A Winchester.
(b) A Springfield.
(c) A Hawken.
(d) A Spencer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When his cabin was surrounded by Blackfoot Indians in Chapter 20, what ingredient did Johnston add to a batch of biscuits?

3. Who took Crazy Woman Morgan food and provisions over the years?

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

5. Who helped Mrs. Morgan bury her three children and her husband's scalp?

(see the answer key)

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