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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Brother of the Crows, Chapters 19 through 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what did the Blackfoot Indians hit Johnston while they had him tied up and unable to escape?
(a) Pebbles.
(b) Large stones.
(c) Arrows.
(d) Their tomahawks.

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

3. Where did Joe Robidoux let Johnston sleep in his store?
(a) On grain bags filled with corn shucks on the floor.
(b) On a couple of quilts on the floor.
(c) On the countertop.
(d) On a dirty mattress in the back storeroom.

4. To what tribe did Waving Grass belong?
(a) The Cheyenne.
(b) The Arapaho.
(c) The Utes.
(d) The Piegan.

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. After 1876-77, which of the following groups was not coming into the Rocky Mountain wilderness in increased numbers?

2. When he visited the cairn of his wife and baby in Chapter 9, what did Johnston do with his loved one's skulls?

3. 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?

4. What was Johnston's attitude toward alcohol?

5. Who was Gray Bear?

(see the answer key)

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