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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 was Johnston's first assignment in the Army?
(a) He was made an officer.
(b) He was a cook.
(c) He was an infantryman.
(d) He was in the cavalry.

2. In Chapter 26: Sheriff Johnson, what did the Cheyenne chief Hanging Kettle wear on his head?
(a) A blue and white bandana.
(b) A large headdress made of hawk feathers and beads.
(c) A tall beaver hat with four eagle feathers.
(d) A beaded headband.

3. Who saw Johnston at his wife's secret grave and realized why he was on a vendetta against the Crow?
(a) Del Gue.
(b) Hatchet Jack.
(c) An anonymous Indian.
(d) Joe Robidoux.

4. What community elected Johnston as marshal in 1888?
(a) Red Lodge.
(b) Houston.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) Dallas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What community appointed Johnston their deputy sheriff?

2. In Chapter 19, which tribe of Indians attacked and killed Shoshoni women and children out gathering roots on the prairie?

3. What treaty laid out specific boundaries for Crow territory?

4. What did Joe Robidoux do to his own son to acquire property the young man had inherited?

5. In 1848, what story spread through the west about the scalped and mutilated bodies of Crow warriors, and only Crow warriors, that were being found in the area?

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