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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Crow Indians do to John Johnston's wife in 1847?
(a) They kidnapped her.
(b) They forced her to divorce Johnston.
(c) They made her their medicine woman.
(d) They scalped and killed her.

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

3. How did the Flathead Indians get their flat foreheads?
(a) They were born that way.
(b) Big, flat stones were fastened to their brows during infancy.
(c) Their heavy headdresses made their skulls grow that way.
(d) They tied pieces of wood to their children's brows.

4. Which of the following is not a characteristic for which Johnston was known?
(a) Being surly.
(b) Being mistrustful.
(c) Being uncommunicative.
(d) Being gregarious.

5. What item buried with the bones of Johnston's wife and baby revealed that the Crow were responsible for the deaths of Johnston's family?
(a) A beaded necklace made by the Crow.
(b) A single Eagle feather.
(c) A Crow warrior's moccasin.
(d) A Crow chief's tomahawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Morgan children during the Indian attack on the family?

2. With what weapon did Mrs. Morgan fight off the Indians who attacked her family?

3. How many warriors did Chief Big Robert send to hunt down Johnston?

4. In Chapter 7, how many Crow warriors did Big Robert send to trade horses with the Flatheads?

5. What was Johnston's attitude toward alcohol?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Captain Jack and what was his relationship to Mariano Modeno?

3. How did Johnston know when he found the Crow warrior who had killed The Swan and how did he react when he realized he had found his wife's murderer?

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

5. In what ways did the lives of both the Indians and the Mountain Men change forever in 1876-77?

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

7. What baking talent of Johnston's led to his killing of the twentieth Crow sent to hunt him down and how did Johnston defeat this warrior?

8. Discuss the relationship between Waving Grass and John Johnston.

9. In Chapter 21, what did Johnston do to his cabin and why did his action surprise Del Gue?

10. What was Johnston's opinion of Buffalo Bill Cody and how did Johnston meet Cody?

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