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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. 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?
(a) Between the chief's feet.
(b) Between Bridger's feet.
(c) Between a warrior's feet.
(d) Between Fitzpatrick's feet.

2. What was the name of Bridger's favorite racehorse?
(a) Grohean.
(b) Giddup.
(c) Tensly.
(d) Tracker.

3. Which tribe was allies with the Blackfeet Indians?
(a) Sioux.
(b) Gros Ventres.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) Crow.

4. In the same year that Jim Bridger was born, Lewis and Clark set out up what river?
(a) Yellowstone River.
(b) Missouri River.
(c) Red River.
(d) Mississippi River.

5. Which of the older trappers was a more dashing Indian fighter?
(a) Bill Sublette.
(b) Kit Carson.
(c) Hugh Glass.
(d) Jed Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Jim apprentice in a blacksmith shop?

2. In Chapter 5, who was called an "ornery skunk"?

3. At the fort Big Horn men were divided into messes. How many people were a part of one "mess"?

4. After the Hugh Glass experience, Jim Bridger started to look out for other men. What nickname did he earn because of that?

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

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