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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Liver Eating Johnson, Chapters 6 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joe Robidoux do to rival trader Manuel Lisa to prevent Lisa from trading with the Pawnee?
(a) He got Lisa so drunk that Lisa passed out.
(b) He locked Lisa in a cellar.
(c) He had Lisa arrested on false charges of theft.
(d) He had the Shoshoni kidnap Lisa.

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

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

4. In Chapter 7, how many Crow warriors did Big Robert send to trade horses with the Flatheads?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

5. In what formation did Big Robert's warriors ride toward the Flathead camp in Chapter 7?
(a) A cavalcade with scouts in front and back.
(b) In a ceremonial circle.
(c) In pairs.
(d) In groups of three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname was given to Johnston in 1848?

2. What did Old John Hatcher make Johnston do to one of their attackers?

3. Which of the following was not a quality of the Crow Indians?

4. What was the trapping like at the place where Joe Robidoux advised Johnston to trap?

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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