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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many miles did Johnston plan to travel with his whiskey?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) Fifty.

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

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

5. 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) Buffalo meat and antelope meat.
(d) Gold and whiskey.

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

7. To what tribe did Waving Grass belong?
(a) The Cheyenne.
(b) The Utes.
(c) The Piegan.
(d) The Arapaho.

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

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

10. 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 had a broken ankle.
(b) He was strong and healthy.
(c) He was sick with a fever.
(d) He was emaciated and exhausted.

11. 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) Mariano Moreno.
(c) Bigfoot Davis.
(d) Arkansas Pete.

12. Which Ute chief was Modeno's enemy?
(a) Lone Bear.
(b) Red Jacket.
(c) Captain Jack.
(d) Deloro.

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

14. What nickname did Johnston and his Mountain Men friends give to the newcomers to the western frontier in Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw?
(a) Greenies.
(b) Pilgrim tenderfoots.
(c) Eastern Eagles.
(d) Eastern Injuns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following were not Mountain Men friends of John Johnston?

2. What did Crazy Woman Morgan do every night at sundown?

3. Who was Portuguese Phillips?

4. 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?

5. How many warriors rode with Johnston when he did as Wahni's son asked?

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