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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chief of Scouts- Chapter 27, 28 and 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Jim when his mother died?
(a) Going on fourteen.
(b) Going on seventeen.
(c) Going on ten.
(d) Going on twelve.

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

3. What was the name of Jim Bridger's son that was a veteran of the Civil War?
(a) Alvin.
(b) Felix.
(c) Charles.
(d) George.

4. What did Jim Bridger love better than people?
(a) Animals.
(b) His belongings.
(c) Himself.
(d) Places.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A prime beaver skin could sell for up to how many dollars?

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

3. When Indians attacked Henry's party in the beginning of Chapter 5, how many men were wounded?

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

5. How much did Jim Bridger agree to lease Fort Bridger to the government for?

(see the answer key)

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