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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Flathead Indians get their flat foreheads?
(a) Their heavy headdresses made their skulls grow that way.
(b) They tied pieces of wood to their children's brows.
(c) Big, flat stones were fastened to their brows during infancy.
(d) They were born that way.

2. What did Old John Hatcher do with his Bowie knife after killing one of his attackers in Chapter 2?
(a) He sold the knife to Joe Robidoux.
(b) He buried his knife and swore never to use it again.
(c) He gave his knife to Johnston as a gift.
(d) He scalped the Indian.

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

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) Anton Sepulveda.
(c) Del Gue and White Eye Anderson.
(d) Bear Claw Chris Lapp.

5. What happened to Johnston's reputation with the local townspeople once the reason for his vendetta against the Crow became public knowledge?
(a) It worsened a lot and people wanted him arrested for murder.
(b) It softened and he gained public sympathy.
(c) It stayed about the same.
(d) It worsened a bit.

6. What did Crow Indians do to John Johnston's wife in 1847?
(a) They scalped and killed her.
(b) They made her their medicine woman.
(c) They forced her to divorce Johnston.
(d) They kidnapped her.

7. 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 Adelaide Maria.
(b) The Carolina Belle.
(c) The Thames.
(d) The Missouri Belle.

8. What did John Johnston give The Swan after marrying her?
(a) A fancy red silk dress.
(b) A diamond ring.
(c) A Tennessee rifle with powder and shot.
(d) A big brown dog.

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

10. When were the warriors Big Robert sent after Johnston supposed to return home?
(a) Once they captured Johnston.
(b) By the end of the next winter season.
(c) Once Johnston was dead.
(d) Once they found Johnston.

11. What did Joe Robidoux do to his own son to acquire property the young man had inherited?
(a) He tricked his son out of the land in a crooked poker game.
(b) He locked his son in a cellar.
(c) He had his son declared mentally incompetent.
(d) He forged his son's name on a bill of sale for the property.

12. What was the trapping like at the place where Joe Robidoux advised Johnston to trap?
(a) Mink trapping was plentiful but there were no other animals.
(b) There was abundant trapping of all kinds of animals.
(c) The area was trapped out years before.
(d) Plenty of beaver and otter trapping was available.

13. How did Johnston prepare his cabin for the winter in Chapter 9?
(a) He put buffalo robes on the walls and bear rugs on the floor.
(b) He installed glass windowpanes.
(c) He added a second fireplace.
(d) He fixed the holes in the roof.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What result did Johnston's fame have on Indians who ambushed him?

3. What did Johnston do to the Crow horses in Chapter 7?

4. How much more did Joe Robidoux charge Johnston for his traps than Johnston would have paid in St. Louis?

5. Who attacked Johnston and Old John Hatcher in Chapter 2?

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