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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. Jim Bridger was a born what?
(a) Explorer.
(b) Trapper.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Teacher.

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

3. In Chapter 8, Bridger and Fitzpatrick headed back towards Henry's Fork of what river?
(a) The Snake River.
(b) The Bear River.
(c) The Greene River.
(d) The Yellowstone River.

4. What kind of animal was Old Ephraim?
(a) Bear.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Horse.
(d) Buffalo.

5. Who was the first American to harvest beaver fur west of the Rockies?
(a) Major Henry.
(b) Franklin Tourin.
(c) Jim Bridger.
(d) John Colter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dense bushes was Hugh Glass pushing his way through when he came across a grizzly?

2. In Chapter 7, who was the man that looked thin as a rail, red eyed, ragged, and unarmed?

3. When Washington Irving wrote about Sublette's brigade, he mentioned that there were what perched on top of some of the packs?

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

5. In Chapter 9, it was mentioned that on average about one Mountain man was killed every how many days?

(see the answer key)

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