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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. How long did Waving Grass and Johnston travel and trap furs together?
(a) Two years.
(b) One month.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two weeks.

2. What did the sheriff do when he realized Johnston was going to stick to his own ways as deputy rather than follow protocol?
(a) He resigned.
(b) He fired Johnston.
(c) He decided to accept Johnston's methods.
(d) He got on the stagecoach and left town.

3. What activities did Johnston still have time to do while serving as marshal?
(a) Roping and riding.
(b) Drinking and gambling.
(c) Fishing and making cornbread.
(d) Hunting and trapping.

4. What did Johnston do with the liver of Arkansas Pete's killer?
(a) Ate it.
(b) Burned it.
(c) Used it as otter bait.
(d) Nothing, he left it alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Johnston first come to St. Joseph?

2. How did the Flathead Indians get their flat foreheads?

3. 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?

4. What sign of change to the frontier was Del Gue not happy to find on the Bozeman Trail above Fort Laramie in Chapter 26: Sheriff Johnson?

5. To which Indian tribe did the raiding party that attacked the Morgan family in 1846 belong?

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