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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Johnston identify Bear Claw Chris Lapp's killers?
(a) They had Lapp's gun and knives with them.
(b) They had Lapp's bear claw necklaces with them.
(c) They had blood on their hands and sleeves.
(d) One of their horses had Lapp's saddle on it.

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

3. Which of the following statements does not describe the bowl of soup an old woman brought Johnston while he was held captive by the Blackfoot Indians?
(a) It was greasy.
(b) It was probably dog or muskrat soup.
(c) It was hairy.
(d) It contained wild onions and carrots.

4. Why was Fort Kearney of particular abhorrence to the Sioux?
(a) The fort's commanding officer was cruel to Indians.
(b) Its construction broke government promises.
(c) The soldiers in the fort greatly outnumbered the Sioux.
(d) The fort's trading post would not sell to the Sioux.

5. Which Mountain Man was known for his skill with the riata?
(a) Del Gue.
(b) Pancho Robles.
(c) Hatchet Jack.
(d) Mad Mose.

6. For which side did the Cherokee Indians fight in the Civil War?
(a) Neither side, since they didn't participate in the war.
(b) The Union.
(c) Both sides, since individual warriors followed their own hearts.
(d) The Confederacy.

7. What shape was Johnston in when he finally reached his own camp and his friend Del Gue after escaping The Wolf and his warriors?
(a) He was emaciated and exhausted.
(b) He was strong and healthy.
(c) He was sick with a fever.
(d) He had a broken ankle.

8. How did Johnston, Del Gue, and Johnston's other friends escape from Johnston's cabin when the Blackfoot warriors surrounded it in Chapter 20?
(a) Through a trap door in the floor.
(b) Through a tunnel in the rear of the property.
(c) Through a hidden trap door in the cabin's roof.
(d) Through a hidden cellar door.

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

10. What was Johnston's opinion of Buffalo Bill Cody?
(a) That Cody was an honest man.
(b) That Cody was a fraud and a lousy shot.
(c) That Cody was a skilled marksman.
(d) That Cody was a true Mountain Man.

11. What did Crazy Woman Morgan do every night at sundown?
(a) She prayed.
(b) She screamed.
(c) She put flowers on her dead children's graves.
(d) She fired her rifle into the woods.

12. What other tribes contributed warriors to Johnston's forces when he rode out to do as Wahni's son had asked?
(a) The Sioux and the Comanche.
(b) The Cheyenne, Navajo, and Arapaho.
(c) The Utes, Flatheads, and Crows.
(d) The Apache and the Seminoles.

13. After escaping from his Blackfoot Indian captors, how many miles did Johnston have to travel back to his own camp?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Five hundred.

14. After 1876-77, which of the following groups was not coming into the Rocky Mountain wilderness in increased numbers?
(a) Gold hunters.
(b) Settlers.
(c) Cattlemen.
(d) Sailors.

15. In Chapter 19, which tribe of Indians attacked and killed Shoshoni women and children out gathering roots on the prairie?
(a) The Navajo.
(b) The Nez Perce.
(c) The Cheyenne.
(d) The Utes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Johnston's 40 gallons of whiskey during his captivity among the Blackfoot Indians?

2. Which Mountain Man had no memory prior to his own scalping, which he survived?

3. What language did the Blackfoot chief The Wolf speak in addition to the Blackfoot tongue?

4. When Del Gue, Hatchet Jack, and John Johnston met at Pryor's Fork in 1878, what two items that used to be available in abundance were scarce that year?

5. In Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw, what happened to the elk Del Gue left overnight in a tree for safekeeping?

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