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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Del Gue.
(b) Arkansas Pete.
(c) Mariano Moreno.
(d) Bigfoot Davis.

3. What language did the Blackfoot chief The Wolf speak in addition to the Blackfoot tongue?
(a) Cheyenne.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Flathead.
(d) English.

4. For what did Mountain Men use Fort McPherson?
(a) As a vacation spot.
(b) As a trading post.
(c) As a place to find brides.
(d) As a gathering place.

5. Who did The Wolf assign to guard Johnston?
(a) A lone young warrior.
(b) An old woman.
(c) The Wolf's own two sons.
(d) Ten of the tribe's bravest warriors.

6. When the Sioux attacked Fort Kearney in 1866, to where did Colonel Carrington, the commanding officer, need a volunteer to ride for reinforcements and assistance?
(a) Fort Laramie.
(b) Fort Bennington.
(c) Fort Davis.
(d) Denver.

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

8. What happened to Johnston's 40 gallons of whiskey during his captivity among the Blackfoot Indians?
(a) The Wolf traded it to the Nez Perce.
(b) The Wolf traded it to the Arapaho.
(c) The containers were broken and the whiskey got spilled.
(d) The Wolf gave it to his braves and the Indians got drunk.

9. What wild animals did Johnston encounter during his journey from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?
(a) Antelope and a wolf.
(b) A mountain lion and a grizzly bear.
(c) A pack of wolves.
(d) A rattlesnake, buzzards, and a coyote.

10. With what did the Blackfoot Indians hit Johnston while they had him tied up and unable to escape?
(a) Arrows.
(b) Large stones.
(c) Pebbles.
(d) Their tomahawks.

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

12. Which Mountain Man had no memory prior to his own scalping, which he survived?
(a) Hatchet Jack.
(b) Pancho Robles.
(c) Mad Mose.
(d) Wind River Jake.

13. Who volunteered for the dangerous job of riding for assistance for the besieged Fort Kearney?
(a) Hatchet Jack.
(b) John Johnston.
(c) Del Gue.
(d) Portuguese Phillips.

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

15. 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?
(a) Hawken rifles and Bowie knives.
(b) Furs and scalps.
(c) Gold and whiskey.
(d) Buffalo meat and antelope meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury did Johnston give his Blackfoot guard in escaping from the Blackfoot camp?

2. What was Johnston's only food on the long trail from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?

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

4. What was Johnston's opinion of Buffalo Bill Cody?

5. Who did Del Gue tell about Johnston's Blackfoot captivity despite Johnston's request that he not tell anyone the story?

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