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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Colonel Henry Leavenworth advanced up the river with how many companies?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

2. When eight hundred Indians caught the Colonel napping in Chapter 3, how many men did they kill?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Fourteen.

3. What trapper rule concerning guns was similar to the rule of the Indian camps?
(a) No man should fire a gun within the camp.
(b) No man should keep more than one gun.
(c) No man should keep a gun to just himself.
(d) No man should sleep with his gun empty.

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

5. Where did a trapper or hunter have to deposit what he brought in?
(a) Before the Captain's cabin.
(b) At the front entrance of the fort.
(c) At the fort's storage closet.
(d) At the kitchen.

6. Which tribe was allies with the Blackfeet Indians?
(a) Gros Ventres.
(b) Crow.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) Sioux.

7. How much was the fur harvest with that Captain William Sublette headed back to St. Louis with?
(a) $170,000.
(b) $125,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $150,000.

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

9. Jim Bridger was a born what?
(a) Trapper.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Explorer.
(d) Teacher.

10. In Chapter 4, Joshua Pilcher was appointed sub agent for the campaign and was enabled to bring how many Sioux warriors into the fight?
(a) 300.
(b) 400.
(c) 500.
(d) 600.

11. How many Crow squaws guarded Joseph Meek?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

13. What city did Jim Bridger's father work in?
(a) Richmond, Virginia.
(b) Fairfax, Virginia.
(c) Alexandria, Virginia.
(d) Bristol, Virginia.

14. When Old Ephraim ran across the Prince Maximilian party, how many rifle's worth of lead did he carry off with him?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim Bridger had to know more than just the layout of the country; he had to know how to do what?

2. In Chapter 9, it was mentioned that on average about one Mountain man was killed every how many days?

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

4. What kind of animal was Old Ephraim?

5. What happened to the men from Sublette's brigade that headed out ahead of the group?

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