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What state is Mammoth Cave located in? Kentucky What is Stephen Bishop trained to do? Give tours of Mammoth Cave Why is it unusual that Stephen Bishop is given the tour guide job? He is a slave During the War of 1812, the soldiers mined saltpeter out of Mammoth Cave. What was it used for? to make gun powder What did Archibald Miller build to attract more visitors to his cave? an inn How did htey know Indians visited Mammoth Cave before white men? leftover burned dried reeds tied together to make a torch What happens when Stephen explores on Sunday, his day of rest? He keps discovering new paths and rooms What happens unfairly to Stephen after each of these discoveries? He isn't given the credit. They don't even mention him in the newspaper, and the new attractions are named after his master. How do Stephen and a visitor named Stevenson finally cross the Bottomless Pit to explore the other side? They hold a ladder for each other to cross. Why does Franklin Gorin rent two new slaves to give tours? What did he want Stephen to do? Explore more and find new attractions. When Dr. Croghan buys Mammoth Cave, he says he wants to make Mammoth Cave as popular as what other attraction? Niagra Falls What does Stephen discover in the River Styx? Fish without eyes Being a doctor, what other use did he have for the cave? to treat consumption or tuberculosis The doctor had a boat built to give visitors a ride. The guides frequently sang songs. What were they secretly singing about? Freedom from slavery Dr. Croghan takes Stephen to his farm called Locust Grove What does he want him to do? Draw a map so that he can publish a book about Mammoth Cave On Christmas, Stephen gets the short end of the chicken "pully-bone". Why does he put it over his doorway? If you did this, you would meet the person you were supposed to marry. (It works for him.) What did Stephen do to celebrate their marriage on a boat ride in the cave? Wrote their names on the wall in a heart shape. How did Stephen and his family get freed? Dr. Croghan wrote in his will that they should be freed seven years after his death.