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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Johnston identify the Crow Indians as The Swan's killers?
(a) The Crow braves who killed her bragged about the act.
(b) The Swan lived long enough to identify her attackers.
(c) A lone eagle feather, the tribe's sign, was at the murder scene.
(d) Her killers stole her locket which Johnston recognized.

4. 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 killed and scalped them and ate their livers raw.
(c) He kidnapped their chief for vengeance.
(d) He had a party for them.

5. 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 never drank it.
(d) He drank on occasion.

6. With what weapon did Mrs. Morgan fight off the Indians who attacked her family?
(a) A Bowie knife.
(b) A hatchet.
(c) A tomahawk.
(d) A Hawken rifle.

7. To which Indian tribe did the raiding party that attacked the Morgan family in 1846 belong?
(a) The Blackfoot tribe.
(b) The Cheyenne tribe.
(c) The Ute tribe.
(d) The Crow tribe.

8. What was the relationship between the Shoshonis and the Flatheads during Johnston's era?
(a) They were sent to the same reservation by the government.
(b) They were enemies.
(c) They were allies.
(d) They were cousins.

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

10. Which of the following was not a gift Bear's Head bestowed on Johnston in Chapter 8?
(a) A beaded Crow saddle.
(b) A horse.
(c) A new wife.
(d) A white buffalo blanket.

11. What happened to Mrs. Morgan as a result of the Indian attack on her family?
(a) She went back east to Boston where it was safer.
(b) She went blind.
(c) She lost her mind.
(d) She killed herself out of grief.

12. What result did Johnston's fame have on Indians who ambushed him?
(a) They mocked him.
(b) They doubted the truth of his reputation and wanted to test it.
(c) They respected him.
(d) They greatly feared him.

13. What nickname was given to Johnston in 1848?
(a) Lonely Johnston.
(b) Crow Hater.
(c) Liver-Eating Johnston.
(d) Crazy Johnston.

14. How much more did Joe Robidoux charge Johnston for his traps than Johnston would have paid in St. Louis?
(a) Five times the St. Louis price.
(b) Twice the St. Louis price.
(c) Triple the St. Louis price.
(d) Twenty dollars more than the St. Louis price.

15. What happened to the Morgan children during the Indian attack on the family?
(a) They were scalped and killed.
(b) They escaped on horseback.
(c) They were wounded by bullets but lived.
(d) They were captured by the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

4. What did Old John Hatcher make Johnston do to one of their attackers?

5. What role did Crow Indian women have in the tribal council?

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