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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: A Man Among Men, Chapters 11 through 18.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) The Adelaide Maria.
(b) The Missouri Belle.
(c) The Carolina Belle.
(d) The Thames.

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

3. Who took Crazy Woman Morgan food and provisions over the years?
(a) The local women.
(b) John Johnston and his Mountain Men friends.
(c) Arkansas Pete.
(d) The Army.

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

5. For which side did the Seminole Indians fight in the Civil War?
(a) The Confederacy.
(b) The Union.
(c) Neither side, since they didn't participate in the war.
(d) Both sides, since individual warriors followed their own hearts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Johnston's only food on the long trail from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?

2. What did Johnston use to knock out the Crow sentry in Chapter 7?

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

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

5. What items did Johnston bring to the trading post to trade once he began his vendetta against the Crow?

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