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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the wife of the warrior who had captured Waving Grass do when her husband brought Waving Grass home?
(a) She poisoned Waving Grass.
(b) She beat Waving Grass and starved the younger woman.
(c) She stabbed her husband in a fit of jealousy.
(d) She gave Waving Grass unending heavy labor.

2. What happened to Johnston's 40 gallons of whiskey during his captivity among the Blackfoot Indians?
(a) The Wolf traded it to the Arapaho.
(b) The Wolf traded it to the Nez Perce.
(c) The containers were broken and the whiskey got spilled.
(d) The Wolf gave it to his braves and the Indians got drunk.

3. How did the other Mountain Men respond to the news that the Blackfoot Indians had held Johnston captive?
(a) They wanted to fight the Blackfoot tribe and avenge Johnston.
(b) They ridiculed Johnston.
(c) They admired the Blackfoot Indians' bravery.
(d) They demanded that the Army arrest the Blackfoot warriors.

4. What did Crazy Woman Morgan do every night at sundown?
(a) She fired her rifle into the woods.
(b) She screamed.
(c) She prayed.
(d) She put flowers on her dead children's graves.

5. From what did Crazy Woman Morgan die?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Starvation.
(d) A Cheyenne arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. When his cabin was surrounded by Blackfoot Indians in Chapter 20, what ingredient did Johnston add to a batch of biscuits?

2. For which side did the Seminole Indians fight in the Civil War?

3. Who took Crazy Woman Morgan food and provisions over the years?

4. In Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw, what happened to the elk Del Gue left overnight in a tree for safekeeping?

5. When the Sioux attacked Fort Kearney in 1866, to where did Colonel Carrington, the commanding officer, need a volunteer to ride for reinforcements and assistance?

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