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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Wahni or "The Fox"?
(a) Johnston's arch enemy.
(b) A Shoshoni chief and Johnston's friend.
(c) A Flathead warrior and The Swan's brother.
(d) A Crow chief.

2. What did John Johnston do to the Crows as a result of what they had done to his wife?
(a) He preached to them, urging them to repent.
(b) He had a party for them.
(c) He killed and scalped them and ate their livers raw.
(d) He kidnapped their chief for vengeance.

3. What does the Crow term Dapiek Absaroka mean?
(a) Honored friend.
(b) Beloved son.
(c) The Killer of Crows.
(d) Chief.

4. With which more experienced trapper did Johnston first become friends upon moving west?
(a) Del Gue.
(b) Old John Hatcher.
(c) Hatchet Jack.
(d) Anton Sepulveda.

5. What item buried with the bones of Johnston's wife and baby revealed that the Crow were responsible for the deaths of Johnston's family?
(a) A beaded necklace made by the Crow.
(b) A Crow chief's tomahawk.
(c) A Crow warrior's moccasin.
(d) A single Eagle feather.

6. Who was following Big Robert's warriors toward the Flathead camp in Chapter 7?
(a) The Utes.
(b) The U.S. Army.
(c) John Johnston.
(d) The Cheyenne.

7. 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?
(a) That the Shoshoni were killing and mutilating them.
(b) That a wild bear was killing and mutilating them.
(c) That John Johnston was killing the Crow and eating their livers.
(d) That Crazy Woman Morgan was killing and mutilating them.

8. What was the name of the steamer that brought Johnston from St. Louis to St. Joseph when he first came west to become a trapper?
(a) The Carolina Belle.
(b) The Adelaide Maria.
(c) The Missouri Belle.
(d) The Thames.

9. How much more did Joe Robidoux charge Johnston for the rifle than Johnston would have paid in St. Louis?
(a) Four times the St. Louis price.
(b) Twice the St. Louis price.
(c) Five dollars more than the St. Louis price.
(d) Ten times the St. Louis price.

10. Who did Johnston find in his cabin when he returned to it at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) The Fox.
(b) Bear's Head.
(c) Anton Sepulveda.
(d) Del Gue.

11. How many of Big Robert's warriors ever returned home?
(a) Ten.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) All of them.

12. What did Joe Robidoux do to rival trader Manuel Lisa to prevent Lisa from trading with the Pawnee?
(a) He got Lisa so drunk that Lisa passed out.
(b) He had the Shoshoni kidnap Lisa.
(c) He had Lisa arrested on false charges of theft.
(d) He locked Lisa in a cellar.

13. In Chapter 8, when Johnston showed Bear's Head the object he took from the Crow sentry, what did Bear's Head command his warriors to do?
(a) Send presents to the Crow.
(b) Take Johnston prisoner.
(c) Make Johnston an honorary chief.
(d) Avenge The Swan by fighting the Crow coming to trade.

14. 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 burned them.
(d) He wrapped them in furs.

15. What happened to the reputation of the Crow as a result of Johnston's vendetta against them?
(a) They were mocked by other tribes and called cowards.
(b) They were considered mighty warriors.
(c) They were considered unlucky and cursed.
(d) They were considered too old to fight and win.

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. Who saw Johnston at his wife's secret grave and realized why he was on a vendetta against the Crow?

3. What was the trapping like at the place where Joe Robidoux advised Johnston to trap?

4. What treaty laid out specific boundaries for Crow territory?

5. What color horse did Joe Robidoux sell Johnston?

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