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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 nickname did Johnston and his Mountain Men friends give to the newcomers to the western frontier in Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw?
(a) Pilgrim tenderfoots.
(b) Greenies.
(c) Eastern Eagles.
(d) Eastern Injuns.

2. Who attacked Johnston and Old John Hatcher in Chapter 2?
(a) A group of silver miners.
(b) A group of women.
(c) An Arapaho raiding party.
(d) A Cheyenne raiding party.

3. What assignment was Johnston given in the Army once his skills were known?
(a) He was made a sharpshooter.
(b) He was made a spy.
(c) He was promoted to lieutenant.
(d) He was put into the cavalry.

4. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends passed down the oral history of his exploits and kept his legend alive?
(a) Arkansas Pete.
(b) Bear Claw Chris Lapp.
(c) Anton Sepulveda.
(d) Del Gue and White Eye Anderson.

5. What did Waving Grass claim her relationship with Johnston was?
(a) She claimed to be his sister.
(b) She claimed to be his cousin.
(c) She claimed to be his wife.
(d) She claimed to be his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many horses did the Flathead tribe have corralled near their camp for trading with the Crow in Chapter 8?

2. What community elected Johnston as marshal in 1888?

3. What kind of Bible did Arkansas Pete have?

4. After hearing bedlam in the street in Chapter 26: Sheriff Johnson, what did White Eye Anderson and Yankee Judd find when they ventured outside to investigate the noise?

5. How many previous marshals did the community that elected Johnston marshal have before the Mountain Man?

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