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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many horses did the Flathead tribe have corralled near their camp for trading with the Crow in Chapter 8?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) One dozen.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Five hundred.

2. What kind of rifle did Joe Robidoux sell Johnston?
(a) A Winchester.
(b) A Spencer.
(c) A Hawken.
(d) A Springfield.

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

4. What language was Bear's Head surprised to learn that Johnston could speak besides English?
(a) The Flathead tongue.
(b) The Crow tongue.
(c) Arapaho.
(d) Cheyenne.

5. What happened to John Morgan, the family's father, during the Indian attack on the family?
(a) His wife accidentally shot him trying to defend the family.
(b) He killed himself rather than be taken alive by the Indians.
(c) He was scalped and taken away, still alive, by the Indians.
(d) He was saved by John Johnston.

6. What color horse did Joe Robidoux sell Johnston?
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Roan.

7. What was Johnston's attitude toward alcohol?
(a) He was an alcoholic.
(b) He bought and sold it, so it was a product to him.
(c) He drank on occasion.
(d) He never drank it.

8. Where did Joe Robidoux let Johnston sleep in his store?
(a) On a couple of quilts on the floor.
(b) On the countertop.
(c) On grain bags filled with corn shucks on the floor.
(d) On a dirty mattress in the back storeroom.

9. Who did Old John Hatcher tell Johnston would pay big money for Indian scalps?
(a) The French.
(b) The English.
(c) The Mexican Army.
(d) The U.S. Army.

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

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

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

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

14. When the two Shoshoni braves met Johnston in Chapter 8, what were they carrying?
(a) Flathead scalps.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Stolen rifles.
(d) Furs stolen from Johnston and Del Gue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, how many Crow warriors did Big Robert send to trade horses with the Flatheads?

2. 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?

3. What relationship did John Johnston have to Bear's Head, the Flathead chief?

4. What did Crow Indians do to John Johnston's wife in 1847?

5. Which of the following was not a quality of the Crow Indians?

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