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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 was the trapping like at the place where Joe Robidoux advised Johnston to trap?
(a) Mink trapping was plentiful but there were no other animals.
(b) Plenty of beaver and otter trapping was available.
(c) The area was trapped out years before.
(d) There was abundant trapping of all kinds of animals.

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

3. How many horses did the Flathead tribe have corralled near their camp for trading with the Crow in Chapter 8?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) One dozen.
(d) Five hundred.

4. How much more did Joe Robidoux charge Johnston for his traps than Johnston would have paid in St. Louis?
(a) Triple the St. Louis price.
(b) Twenty dollars more than the St. Louis price.
(c) Twice the St. Louis price.
(d) Five times the St. Louis price.

5. How much more did Joe Robidoux charge Johnston for the rifle than Johnston would have paid in St. Louis?
(a) Twice the St. Louis price.
(b) Four times the St. Louis price.
(c) Ten times the St. Louis price.
(d) Five dollars more than the St. Louis price.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did John Johnston give The Swan after marrying her?

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

4. What happened to John Morgan, the family's father, during the Indian attack on the family?

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

(see the answer key)

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