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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 color horse did Joe Robidoux sell Johnston?
(a) Black.
(b) Roan.
(c) White.
(d) Gray.

2. Who attacked Johnston and Old John Hatcher in Chapter 2?
(a) A Cheyenne raiding party.
(b) A group of silver miners.
(c) A group of women.
(d) An Arapaho raiding party.

3. How much more did Joe Robidoux charge Johnston for the rifle than Johnston would have paid in St. Louis?
(a) Ten times the St. Louis price.
(b) Twice the St. Louis price.
(c) Four times the St. Louis price.
(d) Five dollars more than the St. Louis price.

4. What happened to the Morgan children during the Indian attack on the family?
(a) They were wounded by bullets but lived.
(b) They were scalped and killed.
(c) They escaped on horseback.
(d) They were captured by the Indians.

5. What did Old John Hatcher make Johnston do to one of their attackers?
(a) Tie up the Indian.
(b) Rob the Indian.
(c) Turn the Indian over to the sheriff.
(d) Scalp the Indian.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname did Mrs. Morgan become known after the attack on her family?

2. Who helped Mrs. Morgan bury her three children and her husband's scalp?

3. What nickname was given to Johnston in 1848?

4. What was the name of the steamer that brought Johnston from St. Louis to St. Joseph when he first came west to become a trapper?

5. Which of the following is not a characteristic for which Johnston was known?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss Johnston's relationship with The Swan.

3. 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?

4. What tragic encounter did the Morgan family have with Blackfoot Indians in Chapter 4?

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

6. Why was Fort Kearney offensive to the Sioux?

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

8. How did Joe Robidoux cheat John Johnston when Johnston first started out as a trapper?

9. How did the Crow Indians become a laughingstock among other Indian nations and what did Big Robert, the Crow chief, do in response to the mocking of his tribe?

10. Discuss Johnston's trek back to his cabin after escaping his Blackfoot captors.

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