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

2. In Chapter 4, Colonel Henry Leavenworth advanced up the river with how many companies?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

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

4. What was the first name of General William Henry Harrison's son?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Michael.
(d) Thomas.

5. 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 be shaved bald.
(d) They would have to clean up everyone's campsite.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many arrows did the young warrior shoot into Jim Bridger's back?

2. When Major Henry's boat sunk, he saved every man, but how much money worth of supplies was lost?

3. Jim Bridger was a born what?

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

5. How old was Jim when his mother died?

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