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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: The Old Trapper, Chapters 25 through 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wild animals did Johnston encounter during his journey from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?
(a) A pack of wolves.
(b) Antelope and a wolf.
(c) A rattlesnake, buzzards, and a coyote.
(d) A mountain lion and a grizzly bear.

2. Which Mountain Man had no memory prior to his own scalping, which he survived?
(a) Wind River Jake.
(b) Hatchet Jack.
(c) Mad Mose.
(d) Pancho Robles.

3. What was the Flathead greeting for a visiting relative?
(a) Putting your right hand on the left side of the visitor's chest.
(b) Bowing on one knee and touching the ground with a spear.
(c) Rubbing their cheek with your cheek.
(d) Hugging the visitor.

4. What did the wife of the warrior who had captured Waving Grass do when her husband brought Waving Grass home?
(a) She gave Waving Grass unending heavy labor.
(b) She beat Waving Grass and starved the younger woman.
(c) She poisoned Waving Grass.
(d) She stabbed her husband in a fit of jealousy.

5. What possession did Johnston take from Arkansas Pete's killer?
(a) His tomahawk.
(b) His palomino pony.
(c) His bear claw and feather amulet.
(d) His beautiful wolfskin jacket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Johnston's first assignment in the Army?

2. What nickname did Johnston and his Mountain Men friends give to the newcomers to the western frontier in Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw?

3. With what weapon did Mrs. Morgan fight off the Indians who attacked her family?

4. In Chapter 26: Sheriff Johnson, what did the Cheyenne chief Hanging Kettle wear on his head?

5. What did the sheriff do when he realized Johnston was going to stick to his own ways as deputy rather than follow protocol?

(see the answer key)

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