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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tribe captured Waving Grass?
(a) The Nez Perce.
(b) The Crow.
(c) The Cheyenne.
(d) The Flatheads.

2. What did Waving Grass claim her relationship with Johnston was?
(a) She claimed to be his sister.
(b) She claimed to be his mother.
(c) She claimed to be his cousin.
(d) She claimed to be his wife.

3. How many warriors rode with Johnston when he did as Wahni's son asked?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) One hundred and fifty.

4. What kind of footwear did Johnston and most other Mountain Men wear?
(a) Boots.
(b) High tops.
(c) Brogans.
(d) Moccasins.

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

6. What did the warrior who had captured Waving Grass do instead of making her his first wife's slave?
(a) He made her his favored second wife.
(b) He gave her to the chief's wife as her slave.
(c) He gave her to his brother's wife as her slave.
(d) He killed her.

7. How many days did it take Johnston to put the first ten miles between himself and the Blackfoot camp due to falling snow and having to cover his trail?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

8. How did Waving Grass and Johnston meet?
(a) Waving Grass stole Johnston's horse.
(b) Johnston happened upon the lone woman on the prairie.
(c) Johnston visited the camp of the woman's captors.
(d) Waving Grass begged Johnston for food.

9. Why did Johnston have to do what Wahni's son asked of him?
(a) Many people would die if he did not do as the youth asked.
(b) It was Johnston's duty as an honorary Shoshoni chief.
(c) Johnston's life was in danger otherwise.
(d) He was Wahni's good friend.

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

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

12. What kind of footwear did Arkansas Pete wear?
(a) Brogans.
(b) He went barefoot.
(c) Moccasins.
(d) Heavy cavalry boots.

13. How did the other Mountain Men respond to the news that the Blackfoot Indians had held Johnston captive?
(a) They ridiculed Johnston.
(b) They admired the Blackfoot Indians' bravery.
(c) They demanded that the Army arrest the Blackfoot warriors.
(d) They wanted to fight the Blackfoot tribe and avenge Johnston.

14. Which of the following were not Mountain Men friends of John Johnston?
(a) Arkansas Pete and Hatchet Jack.
(b) Del Gue and Old John Hatcher.
(c) Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock.
(d) Anton Sepulveda and Pablo Robles.

15. When his cabin was surrounded by Blackfoot Indians in Chapter 20, what ingredient did Johnston add to a batch of biscuits?
(a) Turpentine.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Strychnine.
(d) Gunpowder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Crazy Woman Morgan a respectful burial out of respect for her friendship with Johnston?

2. How did Johnston, Del Gue, and Johnston's other friends escape from Johnston's cabin when the Blackfoot warriors surrounded it in Chapter 20?

3. To what tribe did Waving Grass belong?

4. Who volunteered for the dangerous job of riding for assistance for the besieged Fort Kearney?

5. What shape was Johnston in when he finally reached his own camp and his friend Del Gue after escaping The Wolf and his warriors?

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