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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. Who tracked down Arkansas Pete's killer?
(a) Mariano Modeno.
(b) Del Gue.
(c) Mad Mose.
(d) John Johnston.

2. How did Johnston respond when a river tramp tried to rob him upon his disembarking from the steamer that brought him west?
(a) He knocked the tramp down.
(b) He fainted.
(c) He shot the tramp.
(d) He called for the sheriff.

3. When he visited the cairn of his wife and baby in Chapter 9, what did Johnston do with his loved one's skulls?
(a) He set them atop poles in front of his cabin.
(b) He held them and mourned over them.
(c) He wrapped them in furs.
(d) He burned them.

4. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends took off his moccasins, laid down on his own front porch, and died?
(a) Bigfoot Davis.
(b) Mad Mose.
(c) Del Gue.
(d) Mariano Moreno.

5. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends frequently used the expression "Great Jehosophat, Pocahontas, and John Smith"?
(a) Wind River Jake.
(b) Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
(c) Del Gue.
(d) Anton Sepulveda.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Wahni or "The Fox"?

3. How many of Big Robert's warriors ever returned home?

4. What other tribes contributed warriors to Johnston's forces when he rode out to do as Wahni's son had asked?

5. When robbing Pete's cabin, what item did Arkansas Pete's killer decide not to steal?

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