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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. What was the name of the paper where almost a whole page was dedicated to Jim Bridger?
(a) Missouri Journal.
(b) Buffalo Post.
(c) Frontier Sun.
(d) Kearney Herald.

2. In Chapter 14, Jim Bridger is described as being as slick as what?
(a) A mud pie in the summer.
(b) A buffalo's nose.
(c) A rainy river bank.
(d) A tear on a squaw's cheek.

3. In Chapter 6, the air was described to be like what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Wet.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Ice.

4. In Chapter 2, who answered to the name "Major" when Bridger called it out?
(a) Colonel Ashley.
(b) Mike Fink.
(c) Andrew Henry.
(d) Louis Carter.

5. What did the emigrants call the trappers and traders?
(a) Wild men.
(b) French Indians.
(c) Tame Indians.
(d) French men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's doctor did Captain William Sublette have his wounds dressed by?

2. When the Crow chief came into Bridger's camp and requested peace, what tribe did he name as being the one he needed help in fighting against?

3. What was a booshway?

4. How many miles away from Fort Kiowa was Hugh Glass when he came to on the Grand River?

5. When the rest of the men came in after Joseph Meek, what did Jim Bridger fix for them to eat?

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