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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. The summer of 1842, Bourdeaux was in charge at Fort Laramie with how many clerks?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

2. Who told Bridger they wanted him to find a more direct route for wagons from Fort Bridger to the South Platte.
(a) Kit Carson
(b) General Richard Gerard.
(c) Tom Fitzpatrick.
(d) Captain Howard Stansbury.

3. In the same year that Jim Bridger was born, Lewis and Clark set out up what river?
(a) Missouri River.
(b) Red River.
(c) Mississippi River.
(d) Yellowstone River.

4. Where did the Hudson's Bay Company monopolize all trade with the Indians?
(a) The plains.
(b) Canada.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Near the Yellowstone River.

5. After the Hugh Glass experience, Jim Bridger started to look out for other men. What nickname did he earn because of that?
(a) Jimmy Sure.
(b) Old Gabe.
(c) Lookout Point.
(d) Constant Bridger.

Short Answer Questions

1. When eight hundred Indians caught the Colonel napping in Chapter 3, how many men did they kill?

2. How many cubs did the she-bear have that Glass came across?

3. Who was the original owner of the American Fur Company?

4. In what year was the trappers rendezvous to be held in Pierre's Hole?

5. What place was the largest trading post in the West?

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