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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Johnston's only food on the long trail from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?
(a) The leg he had taken from his guard.
(b) A few chaws of tobacco and some coffee beans.
(c) Grass and berries.
(d) The few fish he caught en route.

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

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

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

6. How old was John Johnston when he joined the Union Army?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Forty-one.

7. How long did Waving Grass and Johnston travel and trap furs together?
(a) Six months.
(b) One month.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two weeks.

8. In Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw, what happened to the elk Del Gue left overnight in a tree for safekeeping?
(a) It got rained on during a thunderstorm.
(b) Wolves ate it.
(c) It fell from the tree and was eaten by vultures.
(d) The Blackfoot Indians stole part of it.

9. What injury did Johnston give his Blackfoot guard in escaping from the Blackfoot camp?
(a) He cut off the Indian's leg.
(b) He cut the Indian's arm.
(c) He broke the Indian's wrist.
(d) He blacked the Indian's eye.

10. Who defeated the Sioux in battle at Wolf Mountain in 1877?
(a) General Custer.
(b) General Grant.
(c) General Miles.
(d) Colonel Carrington.

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

12. 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 hairy.
(b) It was probably dog or muskrat soup.
(c) It was greasy.
(d) It contained wild onions and carrots.

13. What Anglican nickname did Modeno give his Indian wife?
(a) John.
(b) Steve.
(c) Betty.
(d) Sue.

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

15. Who was Gray Bear?
(a) A Flathead warrior.
(b) A Shoshoni warrior.
(c) The Crow chief.
(d) A Cheyenne chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Ute chief was Modeno's enemy?

2. After escaping from his Blackfoot Indian captors, how many miles did Johnston have to travel back to his own camp?

3. From what did Crazy Woman Morgan die?

4. What nickname did Johnston and his Mountain Men friends give to the newcomers to the western frontier in Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw?

5. How did Waving Grass and Johnston meet?

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