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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chief of Scouts- Chapter 25 and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Bridger's wife died during childbirth, she left him with a daughter named what?
(a) Reba.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Virginia.

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

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

5. Who saved Cotton Mansfield when the Indians were running after him to get his scalp?
(a) Kit Carson.
(b) Jim Bridger.
(c) Tom Fitzpatrick.
(d) Captain Bonneville.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what tribe did Joseph Meek's wife come from?

2. What was the name of the Cheyenne chief in Chapter 25?

3. When the Crow chief came into Bridger's camp and requested peace, what tribe did he name as being the one he needed help in fighting against?

4. How many days did the Donner party stop at Fort Bridger?

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

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