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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 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 had Lisa arrested on false charges of theft.
(c) He had the Shoshoni kidnap Lisa.
(d) He locked Lisa in a cellar.

2. Which of the following was not a quality of the Crow Indians?
(a) They were fisherman.
(b) They were family oriented.
(c) They were artisans.
(d) They were proud and brave.

3. When the Sioux attacked Fort Kearney in 1866, to where did Colonel Carrington, the commanding officer, need a volunteer to ride for reinforcements and assistance?
(a) Fort Bennington.
(b) Fort Davis.
(c) Fort Laramie.
(d) Denver.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Johnston first come to St. Joseph?

2. For which side did the Cherokee Indians fight in the Civil War?

3. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends frequently used the expression "Great Jehosophat, Pocahontas, and John Smith"?

4. What happened to Johnston's 40 gallons of whiskey during his captivity among the Blackfoot Indians?

5. From what did Crazy Woman Morgan die?

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