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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Guide- Chapter 19, 20, and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tribe was named, "Big Bellies"?
(a) The Sioux.
(b) The Atsena.
(c) The Crow.
(d) The Blackfeet.

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 a warrior's feet.
(b) Between Bridger's feet.
(c) Between the chief's feet.
(d) Between Fitzpatrick's feet.

3. After 1850, how many herds of buffalo were there?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. What did the Mormons pile in their houses when they were afraid the troops would sack their city?
(a) Wood chips.
(b) Buffalo chips.
(c) Straw.
(d) Wheat.

5. What color was Jim Bridger's horse that he mounted to ride off to save Joseph Meek?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim Bridger decided to build Fort Bridger among his friends from what tribe?

2. In Chapter 8, who told Bridger not to be afraid because they knew the Indians and that they were his wife's relatives?

3. Who was made the subject in painter, John Mix Stanley's painting named, "The Trapper's Last Shot"?

4. When Joseph Meek headed out of camp alone on what day out of camp did the Crows catch up with him?

5. In Parkman's words, the poles that were used to erect the lodges were carried by what?

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