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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many cubs did the she-bear have that Glass came across?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) None.

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

4. What was Meek's answer when the Crow chief asked him how many men Bridger had?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Forty.

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

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

7. What happened to the men from Sublette's brigade that headed out ahead of the group?
(a) They were killed by Blackfeet Indians.
(b) They ran into another brigade.
(c) The got lost and turned the wrong way.
(d) They found some lost horses and brought them back.

8. At the fort Big Horn men were divided into messes. How many people were a part of one "mess"?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Nine..
(d) Ten.

9. Who volunteered with Bridger to keep an eye on Hugh Glass after he was badly injured?
(a) Trumble.
(b) Henry.
(c) Fitzgerald.
(d) Fitzpatrick.

10. Who was the first American to harvest beaver fur west of the Rockies?
(a) Major Henry.
(b) John Colter.
(c) Franklin Tourin.
(d) Jim Bridger.

11. How many arrows did the young warrior shoot into Jim Bridger's back?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

12. How many miles away from Fort Kiowa was Hugh Glass when he came to on the Grand River?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 150.
(d) 125.

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

14. What did Jim Bridger's father do?
(a) Sailed ships.
(b) Kept a tavern.
(c) Was a blacksmith.
(d) Raised cattle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Crow squaws guarded Joseph Meek?

2. Why did Bridger and Fitzpatrick pass across the head of buffalo herds to cover their tracks?

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

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

5. What day was Jim Bridger's birthday?

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