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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Johnston's only food on the long trail from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?
(a) The few fish he caught en route.
(b) The leg he had taken from his guard.
(c) Grass and berries.
(d) A few chaws of tobacco and some coffee beans.

2. Who did Del Gue tell about Johnston's Blackfoot captivity despite Johnston's request that he not tell anyone the story?
(a) Bear's Head.
(b) Bigfoot Davis, who spread it to others.
(c) Mariano Moreno.
(d) Colonel Carrington at Fort Kearney.

3. What wild animals did Johnston encounter during his journey from the Blackfoot camp back to his own camp?
(a) A rattlesnake, buzzards, and a coyote.
(b) Antelope and a wolf.
(c) A pack of wolves.
(d) A mountain lion and a grizzly bear.

4. Who defeated the Sioux in battle at Wolf Mountain in 1877?
(a) General Custer.
(b) General Miles.
(c) Colonel Carrington.
(d) General Grant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what tribe did Waving Grass belong?

2. How did Johnston identify Bear Claw Chris Lapp's killers?

3. For which side did the Cherokee Indians fight in the Civil War?

4. Which of the following were not Mountain Men friends of John Johnston?

5. What tribe captured Waving Grass?

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