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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: The Young Trapper, Chapters 1 through 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Crow term Dapiek Absaroka mean?
(a) Honored friend.
(b) Chief.
(c) The Killer of Crows.
(d) Beloved son.

2. Which of the following is not a characteristic for which Johnston was known?
(a) Being uncommunicative.
(b) Being gregarious.
(c) Being surly.
(d) Being mistrustful.

3. With what weapon did Mrs. Morgan fight off the Indians who attacked her family?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A Hawken rifle.
(c) A Bowie knife.
(d) A tomahawk.

4. What did John Johnston give The Swan after marrying her?
(a) A Tennessee rifle with powder and shot.
(b) A big brown dog.
(c) A fancy red silk dress.
(d) A diamond ring.

5. What did Joe Robidoux do to his own son to acquire property the young man had inherited?
(a) He tricked his son out of the land in a crooked poker game.
(b) He had his son declared mentally incompetent.
(c) He forged his son's name on a bill of sale for the property.
(d) He locked his son in a cellar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the steamer that brought Johnston from St. Louis to St. Joseph when he first came west to become a trapper?

2. Where did Joe Robidoux let Johnston sleep in his store?

3. What did Crow Indians do to John Johnston's wife in 1847?

4. What color horse did Joe Robidoux sell Johnston?

5. On the banks of what river did Johnston first encounter Old John Hatcher?

(see the answer key)

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