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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. Which of the following is not a characteristic for which Johnston was known?
(a) Being uncommunicative.
(b) Being gregarious.
(c) Being surly.
(d) Being mistrustful.

2. What other tribes contributed warriors to Johnston's forces when he rode out to do as Wahni's son had asked?
(a) The Sioux and the Comanche.
(b) The Utes, Flatheads, and Crows.
(c) The Cheyenne, Navajo, and Arapaho.
(d) The Apache and the Seminoles.

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

4. How many days did it take Johnston to put the first ten miles between himself and the Blackfoot camp due to falling snow and having to cover his trail?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What wild animals did Johnston encounter during his journey from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?

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

3. What honorary title did the Shoshoni give Johnston?

4. Which of the following was not a gift Bear's Head bestowed on Johnston in Chapter 8?

5. How did Waving Grass end up on the prairie alone?

(see the answer key)

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