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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Booshway- Chapter 11,12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Bridger went to shake the chief's hand in Chapter 8, the chief pushed the muzzle of the gun down and Bridger fired automatically. Where did the the charge explode?
(a) Between Bridger's feet.
(b) Between a warrior's feet.
(c) Between the chief's feet.
(d) Between Fitzpatrick's feet.

3. In what year was Jim Bridger born?
(a) 1810.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1809.

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

5. How many Crow warriors did Meek count?
(a) 112.
(b) 150.
(c) 187.
(d) 132.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Colonel Henry Leavenworth advanced up the river with how many companies?

2. Where did the Hudson's Bay Company monopolize all trade with the Indians?

3. What was the first name of General William Henry Harrison's son?

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

5. What was the name of the steamboat that carried passengers up the Missouri beyond Franklin?

(see the answer key)

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