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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Booshway- Chapter 8, 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, the air was described to be like what?
(a) Foggy.
(b) Ice.
(c) Wine.
(d) Wet.

2. When Indians attacked Henry's party in the beginning of Chapter 5, how many men were wounded?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

3. In Chapter 4, Colonel Henry Leavenworth advanced up the river with how many companies?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What tribe was named, "Big Bellies"?
(a) The Blackfeet.
(b) The Atsena.
(c) The Sioux.
(d) The Crow.

5. In Chapter 2, who answered to the name "Major" when Bridger called it out?
(a) Andrew Henry.
(b) Mike Fink.
(c) Colonel Ashley.
(d) Louis Carter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first American to harvest beaver fur west of the Rockies?

2. Who was nicknamed, "King of the Keelboat Men"?

3. In Chapter 9, what tribe did Bridger have to buy more horses from?

4. In Chapter 9, it was mentioned that on average about one Mountain man was killed every how many days?

5. How much was the fur harvest with that Captain William Sublette headed back to St. Louis with?

(see the answer key)

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