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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saved Cotton Mansfield when the Indians were running after him to get his scalp?
(a) Jim Bridger.
(b) Kit Carson.
(c) Captain Bonneville.
(d) Tom Fitzpatrick.

2. Which of the older trappers was a more dashing Indian fighter?
(a) Kit Carson.
(b) Hugh Glass.
(c) Jed Smith.
(d) Bill Sublette.

3. 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) 600.
(b) 300.
(c) 500.
(d) 400.

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

5. What was a booshway?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An Indian scout.
(c) A boss.
(d) A new trapper.

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

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

8. When Joseph Meek headed out of camp alone on what day out of camp did the Crows catch up with him?
(a) Day two.
(b) Day one.
(c) Day five.
(d) Day three.

9. How many miles was the keel boat race up the Missouri that Manuel Lisa won?
(a) 1,300.
(b) 1,150.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 1,100.

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

11. Who did the Crow chief give the new name of "Shiam Shaspusia"?
(a) Jim Bridger.
(b) Tom Fitzpatrick.
(c) Dr. Parker.
(d) Joseph Meek.

12. When Washington Irving wrote about Sublette's brigade, he mentioned that there were what perched on top of some of the packs?
(a) Black crows.
(b) Half breed children.
(c) Beaver pelts.
(d) Scruffy dogs.

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

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

15. What was another name for goats mentioned in Chapter 3?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Rams.
(c) Antelope.
(d) Gullots.

Short Answer Questions

1. A man lucky enough to kill a grizzly proudly wore its claws as what?

2. What did Jim Bridger's father do?

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

4. When eight hundred Indians caught the Colonel napping in Chapter 3, how many men did they kill?

5. When the Blackfeet attacked the Americans in Chapter 6, how much were the beaver pelts worth that were taken?

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