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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 happened to Mrs. Morgan as a result of the Indian attack on her family?
(a) She lost her mind.
(b) She killed herself out of grief.
(c) She went blind.
(d) She went back east to Boston where it was safer.

2. How did the Flathead Indians get their flat foreheads?
(a) They tied pieces of wood to their children's brows.
(b) Big, flat stones were fastened to their brows during infancy.
(c) Their heavy headdresses made their skulls grow that way.
(d) They were born that way.

3. What happened to the Morgan children during the Indian attack on the family?
(a) They were captured by the Indians.
(b) They escaped on horseback.
(c) They were wounded by bullets but lived.
(d) They were scalped and killed.

4. What did Crow Indians do to John Johnston's wife in 1847?
(a) They scalped and killed her.
(b) They kidnapped her.
(c) They forced her to divorce Johnston.
(d) They made her their medicine woman.

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 scalped the Indian.
(c) He gave his knife to Johnston as a gift.
(d) He buried his knife and swore never to use it again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What result did Johnston's fame have on Indians who ambushed him?

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

3. Which of the following statements does not describe what Old John Hatcher looked like when Johnston first met him?

4. How did Johnston identify the Crow Indians as The Swan's killers?

5. What kind of rifle did Joe Robidoux sell Johnston?

(see the answer key)

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