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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. What would happen if a greenhorn set up drinks for all the old-timers?
(a) They would have to sleep outside with no cover in the rain.
(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 be shaved bald.

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

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

4. How much was the fur harvest with that Captain William Sublette headed back to St. Louis with?
(a) $125,000.
(b) $150,000.
(c) $170,000.
(d) $100,000.

5. No free trapper could do what safely?
(a) Work alone.
(b) Fight Indians.
(c) Discover new landmarks.
(d) Find animal trails.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jim Bridger's father do?

2. How many men did Vanderburgh take with him into Blackfoot country?

3. What did Tom "slap" over Jim's wounds from the arrows?

4. Pierre's Hole was home to what tribe that is described as the most implacable of tribes?

5. When the Blackfeet attacked the Americans in Chapter 6, how many horses did they take?

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