View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joe Robidoux do to rival trader Manuel Lisa to prevent Lisa from trading with the Pawnee?
(a) He had Lisa arrested on false charges of theft.
(b) He got Lisa so drunk that Lisa passed out.
(c) He locked Lisa in a cellar.
(d) He had the Shoshoni kidnap Lisa.

2. What was Johnston's attitude toward alcohol?
(a) He never drank it.
(b) He bought and sold it, so it was a product to him.
(c) He drank on occasion.
(d) He was an alcoholic.

3. With what weapon did Mrs. Morgan fight off the Indians who attacked her family?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A Bowie knife.
(c) A tomahawk.
(d) A Hawken rifle.

4. How many horses did the Flathead tribe have corralled near their camp for trading with the Crow in Chapter 8?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) One dozen.
(d) Two hundred.

5. How did Johnston prepare his cabin for the winter in Chapter 9?
(a) He fixed the holes in the roof.
(b) He put buffalo robes on the walls and bear rugs on the floor.
(c) He added a second fireplace.
(d) He installed glass windowpanes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color horse did Joe Robidoux sell Johnston?

2. In what formation did Big Robert's warriors ride toward the Flathead camp in Chapter 7?

3. What happened to John Morgan, the family's father, during the Indian attack on the family?

4. What nickname was given to Johnston in 1848?

5. How many of Big Robert's warriors ever returned home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Johnston get into trouble with the sheriff in Leadville, Colorado?

2. Why did John Hatcher scalp Indians and how did John Johnston first encounter scalping?

3. How did John Johnston first meet Old John Hatcher and what business partnership did the two men forge?

4. What was the outcome of the battle between the Flatheads and the Crows in Chapter 8?

5. With whom did Johnston partner in 1878 and what difficulties did the trapping partners face?

6. In 1848, how did John Johnston earn the nickname "Liver-Eating Johnson"?

7. How did whiskey lead to Johnston's freedom when he was captured by the Blackfoot Indians?

8. Why was Fort Kearney offensive to the Sioux?

9. What softened Johnston's reputation with the local town's women in Chapter 9?

10. What nicknames did John Johnston have?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,100 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample