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

2. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends frequently used the expression "Great Jehosophat, Pocahontas, and John Smith"?
(a) Anton Sepulveda.
(b) Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
(c) Del Gue.
(d) Wind River Jake.

3. How many miles did Johnston plan to travel with his whiskey?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Three hundred.

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

5. What items did Johnston bring to the trading post to trade once he began his vendetta against the Crow?
(a) Beaver pelts and bullets.
(b) Furs and Crow scalps.
(c) Clothing and beadwork and leather stolen from the Crow.
(d) Crow horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic for which Johnston was known?

2. Who was Gray Bear?

3. In Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw, when Del Gue heard a rifle shot in the distance, how did Johnston deduce that the shot wasn't fired by Bear Claw Chris Lapp?

4. What does the Crow term Dapiek Absaroka mean?

5. Who once saved the son of the Shoshoni chief Wahni from a big wildcat?

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