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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 does the Crow term Dapiek Absaroka mean?
(a) Honored friend.
(b) Beloved son.
(c) Chief.
(d) The Killer of Crows.

2. By what nickname did Mrs. Morgan become known after the attack on her family?
(a) The Blind Woman.
(b) Screaming Morgan.
(c) Mute Old Lady Morgan.
(d) The Crazy Woman.

3. Who helped Mrs. Morgan bury her three children and her husband's scalp?
(a) John Johnston.
(b) Del Gue.
(c) The Morgan children.
(d) Arkansas Pete.

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

5. Where did Joe Robidoux let Johnston sleep in his store?
(a) On the countertop.
(b) On grain bags filled with corn shucks on the floor.
(c) On a dirty mattress in the back storeroom.
(d) On a couple of quilts on the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Johnston have to do to his own horse at the beginning of Chapter 8 because he had pushed it so hard?

2. How much more did Joe Robidoux charge Johnston for his traps than Johnston would have paid in St. Louis?

3. What did Joe Robidoux do to his own son to acquire property the young man had inherited?

4. What happened to the reputation of the Crow as a result of Johnston's vendetta against them?

5. Who was Wahni or "The Fox"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Johnston find at his cabin when he returned after a hunting trip at the end of Chapter 5 and how did he respond to what he found?

2. How did Johnston help The Crazy Woman in Chapter 4?

3. Who was The Wolf and what was his relationship with John Johnston?

4. How did Johnston use biscuits to defeat twenty-nine Blackfoot Indians who surrounded his cabin?

5. What did Johnston keep hidden in a kettle buried in the mountains?

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

7. How did Johnston prepare his cabin for the winter in Chapter 9?

8. Why did Johnston have to take charity toward the end of his life?

9. Who was Waving Grass and why did she get abandoned on the prairie?

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

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