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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After 1876-77, which of the following groups was not coming into the Rocky Mountain wilderness in increased numbers?
(a) Cattlemen.
(b) Settlers.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Gold hunters.

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 was Johnston's first assignment in the Army?
(a) He was an infantryman.
(b) He was a cook.
(c) He was in the cavalry.
(d) He was made an officer.

4. In Chapter 25: Burial for Bear Claw, when Del Gue heard a rifle shot in the distance, how did Johnston deduce that the shot wasn't fired by Bear Claw Chris Lapp?
(a) He knew Lapp was already dead.
(b) He knew Lapp had enough meat and thus wouldn't be shooting.
(c) He knew the shot came from the opposite direction as Lapp.
(d) He knew Lapp was blind and didn't shoot any more.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who did The Wolf assign to guard Johnston?

3. Which Mountain Man had no memory prior to his own scalping, which he survived?

4. For what did Mountain Men use Fort McPherson?

5. When Del Gue, Hatchet Jack, and John Johnston met at Pryor's Fork in 1878, what two items that used to be available in abundance were scarce that year?

(see the answer keys)

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