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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When The Wolf captured Johnston, what did he tell Johnston he intended to do with him?
(a) Give Johnston his choice of Blackfoot women to marry.
(b) Make him an honorary chief of the Blackfoot tribe.
(c) Torture and then kill him.
(d) Trade him to the Crows.

3. How did Waving Grass end up on the prairie alone?
(a) She got lost while gathering berries.
(b) She was abandoned by a Nez Perce lover.
(c) The Cheyenne abandoned her there.
(d) She ran away from her captors.

4. What nickname did Johnston and his Mountain Men friends give to the newcomers to the western frontier in Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw?
(a) Greenies.
(b) Eastern Injuns.
(c) Pilgrim tenderfoots.
(d) Eastern Eagles.

5. Who volunteered for the dangerous job of riding for assistance for the besieged Fort Kearney?
(a) John Johnston.
(b) Portuguese Phillips.
(c) Del Gue.
(d) Hatchet Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Johnston's first assignment in the Army?

2. What shape was Johnston in when he finally reached his own camp and his friend Del Gue after escaping The Wolf and his warriors?

3. What tribe captured Waving Grass?

4. Why did Johnston seek out the Crow chief Gray Bear after Crazy Woman Morgan's death?

5. After escaping from his Blackfoot Indian captors, how many miles did Johnston have to travel back to his own camp?

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