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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. What would happen if a greenhorn set up drinks for all the old-timers?
(a) They would be shaved bald.
(b) They would have to sing lullabies to the coyotes at night.
(c) They would have to clean up everyone's campsite.
(d) They would have to sleep outside with no cover in the rain.

2. What was the name of the steamboat that carried passengers up the Missouri beyond Franklin?
(a) The United.
(b) The National.
(c) The Explorer.
(d) The Independence.

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

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

5. Hugh Glass was a hunter from where?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Fairfax.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. When eight hundred Indians caught the Colonel napping in Chapter 3, how many men did they kill?

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

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

4. A prime beaver skin could sell for up to how many dollars?

5. Who volunteered with Bridger to keep an eye on Hugh Glass after he was badly injured?

(see the answer key)

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