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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. Who's doctor did Captain William Sublette have his wounds dressed by?
(a) Major Henry's.
(b) Jim Bridger's.
(c) Joe Meek.
(d) Nathaniel J. Wyeth's.

2. When eight hundred Indians caught the Colonel napping in Chapter 3, how many men did they kill?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirteen.

3. How old was Jim when his mother died?
(a) Going on fourteen.
(b) Going on seventeen.
(c) Going on twelve.
(d) Going on ten.

4. How many men did Vanderburgh take with him into Blackfoot country?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty.

5. What did Tom "slap" over Jim's wounds from the arrows?
(a) A slab of fine wood.
(b) A clean washing cloth.
(c) White ashes.
(d) A handful of beaver fur.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the same year that Jim Bridger was born, Lewis and Clark set out up what river?

2. A man lucky enough to kill a grizzly proudly wore its claws as what?

3. What did Jim Bridger love better than people?

4. What did the name Casapy mean that the Crow Indians had given to Bridger?

5. When Bridger went to shake the chief's hand in Chapter 8, the chief pushed the muzzle of the gun down and Bridger fired automatically. Where did the the charge explode?

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