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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chief of Scouts- Chapter 22,23, and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what tribe did Joseph Meek's wife come from?
(a) Blackfeet.
(b) Snake.
(c) Crow.
(d) Sioux.

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

3. How many days did the Donner party stop at Fort Bridger?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. The words "Hell's full of greenhorns" was known as what?
(a) The Indian and trapper agreement.
(b) The Indian wisdom.
(c) The Mountain Man oath.
(d) The frontier gospel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date Jim Bridger leased his claim to Fort Bridger to the government?

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

3. How many miles was the keel boat race up the Missouri that Manuel Lisa won?

4. How much was the fur harvest with that Captain William Sublette headed back to St. Louis with?

5. In the same year that Jim Bridger was born, Lewis and Clark set out up what river?

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