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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which greenhorn was described as being awake and never resting?
(a) Sublette.
(b) Vanderburgh.
(c) Meek.
(d) Bonneville.

3. What was the first name of General William Henry Harrison's son?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Michael.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Thomas.

4. When Major Henry's boat sunk, he saved every man, but how much money worth of supplies was lost?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $10,000.

5. Washington Irving wrote about Sublette's brigade on the march. What does Washington write about Sublette's arm?
(a) That it hung limply at Sublette's side.
(b) That it didn't look like anything was wrong.
(c) That it was still in a sling.
(d) That it didn't look like it would heal.

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

7. A man lucky enough to kill a grizzly proudly wore its claws as what?
(a) A belt.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A hair piece.
(d) A saddle decoration.

8. Some of the older trappers had advantages over Jim. Who was a better businessman than Jim?
(a) Major Henry.
(b) Kit Carson.
(c) Bill Sublette.
(d) Hugh Glass.

9. 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?
(a) The Sioux.
(b) The Blackfeet.
(c) The Snake.
(d) The Arapaho.

10. Hugh Glass was a hunter from where?
(a) Fairfax.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

11. What kind of animal was Old Ephraim?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Horse.
(c) Bear.
(d) Buffalo.

12. How many men did Vanderburgh take with him into Blackfoot country?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Twenty.

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

14. 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 sleep with his gun empty.
(d) No man should keep a gun to just himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pierre's Hole was home to what tribe that is described as the most implacable of tribes?

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

3. When Old Ephraim ran across the Prince Maximilian party, how many rifle's worth of lead did he carry off with him?

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

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

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