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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Old John Hatcher do with his Bowie knife after killing one of his attackers in Chapter 2?
2. How many warriors did Chief Big Robert send to hunt down Johnston?
3. What language was Bear's Head surprised to learn that Johnston could speak besides English?
4. Who did Johnston find in his cabin when he returned to it at the end of Chapter 8?
5. How did Johnston prepare his cabin for the winter in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Johnston's relationship with the Shoshoni Indians differ from his relationship with the Crow Indians?
2. In what ways did the lives of both the Indians and the Mountain Men change forever in 1876-77?
3. How did Johnston identify Bear Claw Chris Lapp's killers?
4. Describe Johnston's physical appearance and discuss how it contributed to his legend.
5. What baking talent of Johnston's led to his killing of the twentieth Crow sent to hunt him down and how did Johnston defeat this warrior?
6. Discuss Johnston's relationship with The Swan.
7. What did Johnston keep hidden in a kettle buried in the mountains?
8. Who was Waving Grass and why did she get abandoned on the prairie?
9. What was Leadville, Colorado like when Johnston visited it in the 1870's?
10. How did The Swan's forehead differ from the foreheads of other females in her tribe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to the introduction of the book, Raymond Thorp obtained much of the information he used to write about Liver-Eating Johnson from oral history. Discuss the sources Raymond Thorp used in writing his biography and the likelihood that John Johnston's story contains myth or legend as well as fact. What factors make it likely that there is some myth in the story? What documentation exists to prove that some of the story is fact? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Mrs. Morgan, The Swan, and Waving Grass. How does each woman's life illustrate the harshness of frontier life? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the dialogue in Raymond Thorp's book Crow Killer: The Legend of Liver-Eating Johnson. How does it convey the historical era and depict the individuals discussed in the book? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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