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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assignment was Johnston given in the Army once his skills were known?
(a) He was put into the cavalry.
(b) He was promoted to lieutenant.
(c) He was made a sharpshooter.
(d) He was made a spy.

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

3. When Johnston made peace with the Crow and stopped eating their livers, what was the response of Black Elk, a Sioux chief?
(a) He offered to help the Crows kill Johnston.
(b) He rejoiced and gave a feast for Johnston.
(c) He said Crow livers had made Johnston a coward.
(d) He decided to intensify his raids against the Crow.

4. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends was with Johnston when he killed the eighteenth of the twenty Crow warriors Big Robert had sent after him?
(a) Arkansas Pete.
(b) Del Gue.
(c) Mariano Moreno.
(d) Bigfoot Davis.

5. Who gave Crazy Woman Morgan a respectful burial out of respect for her friendship with Johnston?
(a) The Nez Perce Indians.
(b) The Flatheads.
(c) The U.S. Army.
(d) The Crow Indians.

6. Why did Johnston seek out the Crow chief Gray Bear after Crazy Woman Morgan's death?
(a) To make peace.
(b) To kill Gray Bear in vengeance for Crazy Woman's death.
(c) To marry Gray Bear's youngest daughter.
(d) To trade furs and guns with the Crow.

7. From what did Crazy Woman Morgan die?
(a) A Cheyenne arrow.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Starvation.

8. Who once saved the son of the Shoshoni chief Wahni from a big wildcat?
(a) Old John Hatcher.
(b) John Johnston.
(c) Bigfoot Davis.
(d) Del Gue.

9. With what type of rifle did the Army replace Johnston's Hawken?
(a) A Remington.
(b) A Winchester.
(c) A Springfield.
(d) A Spencer.

10. Who took Crazy Woman Morgan food and provisions over the years?
(a) The Army.
(b) The local women.
(c) Arkansas Pete.
(d) John Johnston and his Mountain Men friends.

11. What was Johnston's first assignment in the Army?
(a) He was a cook.
(b) He was in the cavalry.
(c) He was an infantryman.
(d) He was made an officer.

12. What honorary title did the Shoshoni give Johnston?
(a) Medicine man.
(b) Warrior.
(c) Peace chief.
(d) Chief.

13. Why did the son of the Shoshoni chief Wahni seek out Johnston?
(a) To get Johnston's help in avenging his father's death.
(b) To trade horses with him.
(c) To challenge Johnston in battle.
(d) To trade furs with him.

14. What reason did Johnston give for enlisting in the Army?
(a) It was the best fight available at the time.
(b) He needed the money.
(c) He was pro-Union.
(d) He didn't believe in slavery.

15. What did Del Gue tell Johnston about the size of his load of 40 gallons of whiskey?
(a) Johnston would need a caravan of horses to carry that much.
(b) No horse could carry a load that heavy.
(c) The Indians couldn't drink that much alcohol.
(d) Johnston's horse could carry twice that much whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Johnston identify Bear Claw Chris Lapp's killers?

2. After 1876-77, which of the following groups was not coming into the Rocky Mountain wilderness in increased numbers?

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

4. For which side did the Seminole Indians fight in the Civil War?

5. With what did the Blackfoot Indians hit Johnston while they had him tied up and unable to escape?

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