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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. Who attacked Johnston and Old John Hatcher in Chapter 2?

2. What did Joe Robidoux do to rival trader Manuel Lisa to prevent Lisa from trading with the Pawnee?

3. What did Joe Robidoux do to his own son to acquire property the young man had inherited?

4. What happened to John Morgan, the family's father, during the Indian attack on the family?

5. How much more did Joe Robidoux charge Johnston for his traps than Johnston would have paid in St. Louis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Sam Grant and how did he encounter John Johnston?

2. What role did Johnston play in Portuguese Phillips' ride to Fort Laramie for help when Fort Kearney was under Sioux attack?

3. Who was Captain Jack and what was his relationship to Mariano Modeno?

4. 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?

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

6. What did Johnston keep hidden in a kettle buried in the mountains?

7. Why didn't Johnston want Del Gue to tell any other Mountain Men about his captivity among the Blackfeet and who did Del Gue tell?

8. How did Johnston get into trouble with the sheriff in Leadville, Colorado?

9. What was ironic about Johnston's capturing the Sioux for Chief Black Eagle in Chapter 24?

10. When did Johnston join the Union Army and what were some of his experiences while in the military?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss John Johnston's time in the Union army. What skills and abilities of his would be strengths in the military and what skills and abilities would be weaknesses? Why did Johnston only spend nineteen months in the army? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the life of mountain men in the Rocky Mountains during John Johnston's lifetime. In what ways was Johnston's life typical and in what ways was it atypical for a mountain man? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast John Johnston's relationship with John Hatcher and his relationship with Del Gue. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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