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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 nickname was given to Johnston in 1848?
(a) Crow Hater.
(b) Lonely Johnston.
(c) Liver-Eating Johnston.
(d) Crazy Johnston.

2. 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 single Eagle feather.
(b) A Crow warrior's moccasin.
(c) A Crow chief's tomahawk.
(d) A beaded necklace made by the Crow.

3. When the two Shoshoni braves met Johnston in Chapter 8, what were they carrying?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Stolen rifles.
(c) Furs stolen from Johnston and Del Gue.
(d) Flathead scalps.

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

5. With which more experienced trapper did Johnston first become friends upon moving west?
(a) Anton Sepulveda.
(b) Hatchet Jack.
(c) Del Gue.
(d) Old John Hatcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Mrs. Morgan as a result of the Indian attack on her family?

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

3. When he visited the cairn of his wife and baby in Chapter 9, what did Johnston do with his loved one's skulls?

4. To which Indian tribe did the raiding party that attacked the Morgan family in 1846 belong?

5. What did Joe Robidoux do to rival trader Manuel Lisa to prevent Lisa from trading with the Pawnee?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Johnston's relationship with the Shoshoni Indians differ from his relationship with the Crow Indians?

3. According to Chapter 7, what were the Crow Indians like in the mid-nineteenth century?

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

5. Describe Johnston's physical appearance and discuss how it contributed to his legend.

6. What role did Johnston play in Portuguese Phillips' ride to Fort Laramie for help when Fort Kearney was under Sioux attack?

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

8. Why did other Mountain Men seek out Johnston to help them settle scores with their enemies and what was Johnston's attitude toward vengeance?

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

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

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