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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Trapper- Chapter 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was nicknamed, "King of the Keelboat Men"?
(a) Jim Bridger.
(b) Mike Fink.
(c) Andrew Henry.
(d) Colonel Ashley.

5. What kind of dense bushes was Hugh Glass pushing his way through when he came across a grizzly?
(a) Wild Rose.
(b) Blackberry.
(c) Raspberry.
(d) Plum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cubs did the she-bear have that Glass came across?

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

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

4. When Old Ephraim ran across the Prince Maximilian party, how many rifle's worth of lead did he carry off with him?

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

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