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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. No free trapper could do what safely?
(a) Find animal trails.
(b) Fight Indians.
(c) Discover new landmarks.
(d) Work alone.

2. Who did Jim apprentice in a blacksmith shop?
(a) John Colter.
(b) David Mackaws.
(c) Phil Creamer.
(d) Louis Parker.

3. In Chapter 9, what tribe did Bridger have to buy more horses from?
(a) Blackfeet.
(b) Nez Perces.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Crows.

4. Where did a trapper or hunter have to deposit what he brought in?
(a) Before the Captain's cabin.
(b) At the front entrance of the fort.
(c) At the fort's storage closet.
(d) At the kitchen.

5. The men's camp equipment consisted of a kettle, a knife, a blanket, and what else?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A spoon.
(c) A cup.
(d) A hat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many miles was the keel boat race up the Missouri that Manuel Lisa won?

3. In Chapter 7, who was the man that looked thin as a rail, red eyed, ragged, and unarmed?

4. In what year was the trappers rendezvous to be held in Pierre's Hole?

5. How old was Jim Bridger when his family headed west?

(see the answer key)

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