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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 Joe Robidoux do to rival trader Manuel Lisa to prevent Lisa from trading with the Pawnee?
2. What happened to the Morgan children during the Indian attack on the family?
3. What language was Bear's Head surprised to learn that Johnston could speak besides English?
4. What did Johnston have to do to his own horse at the beginning of Chapter 8 because he had pushed it so hard?
5. What nickname was given to Johnston in 1848?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss Johnston's encounter with the eighteenth Crow warrior sent after him by Big Robert.
2. In what ways was John Johnston typical for a Mountain Man of his era and in what ways was he atypical for a Mountain Man of his era?
3. Discuss Johnston's trailing of the Assiniboine warrior in Chapter 27 and what Johnson did with the Indian's liver.
4. Describe Johnston's physical appearance and discuss how it contributed to his legend.
5. Why did John Hatcher scalp Indians and how did John Johnston first encounter scalping?
6. How did Johnston's relationship with the Shoshoni Indians differ from his relationship with the Crow Indians?
7. Who was Sam Grant and how did he encounter John Johnston?
8. What did Johnston keep hidden in a kettle buried in the mountains?
9. Who was The Wolf and what was his relationship with John Johnston?
10. What was Leadville, Colorado like when Johnston visited it in the 1870's?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss John Johnston's relationship with Crazy Woman Morgan. What does this relationship indicate about Johnston? How does his relationship with the mentally unbalanced woman help bring an end to Johnston's vendetta against the Crow? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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