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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 Johnston's only food on the long trail from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?
(a) The few fish he caught en route.
(b) Grass and berries.
(c) The leg he had taken from his guard.
(d) A few chaws of tobacco and some coffee beans.

2. What was unusual about the forehead of the Flathead beauty The Swan?
(a) It was flat when she was born and did not have to be shaped.
(b) It was larger than average.
(c) It was flatter than average.
(d) It had normal curvature and was not flat.

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) Denver.
(b) Fort Bennington.
(c) Fort Laramie.
(d) Fort Davis.

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

5. Which of the following statements does not describe what Old John Hatcher looked like when Johnston first met him?
(a) Long blonde hair and a beard.
(b) Over six feet in height and two hundred pounds in weight.
(c) Dressed in buckskin and moccasins.
(d) Dressed in a black frock coat and shiny black boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joe Robidoux do to his own son to acquire property the young man had inherited?

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

3. Who did Old John Hatcher tell Johnston would pay big money for Indian scalps?

4. What color was John Johnston's hair?

5. Which of the following were not Mountain Men friends of John Johnston?

(see the answer key)

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