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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 hidden cellar door.
(c) Through a tunnel in the rear of the property.
(d) Through a hidden trap door in the cabin's roof.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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) The few fish he caught en route.
(c) A few chaws of tobacco and some coffee beans.
(d) Grass and berries.

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

9. In Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw, when Del Gue heard a rifle shot in the distance, how did Johnston deduce that the shot wasn't fired by Bear Claw Chris Lapp?
(a) He knew the shot came from the opposite direction as Lapp.
(b) He knew Lapp was blind and didn't shoot any more.
(c) He knew Lapp had enough meat and thus wouldn't be shooting.
(d) He knew Lapp was already dead.

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

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

12. How did Waving Grass end up on the prairie alone?
(a) She got lost while gathering berries.
(b) She was abandoned by a Nez Perce lover.
(c) The Cheyenne abandoned her there.
(d) She ran away from her captors.

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

14. Which of Johnston's Mountain Men friends frequently used the expression "Great Jehosophat, Pocahontas, and John Smith"?
(a) Wind River Jake.
(b) Anton Sepulveda.
(c) Del Gue.
(d) Bear Claw Chris Lapp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of footwear did Johnston and most other Mountain Men wear?

2. How did Waving Grass and Johnston meet?

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

4. What wild animals did Johnston encounter during his journey from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?

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

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