View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Joseph Meek call his wife?
(a) Honey Bear.
(b) Mountain Lamb.
(c) Gentle Rabbit.
(d) Soothing Foal.

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

4. What did the name Casapy mean that the Crow Indians had given to Bridger?
(a) Guiding One.
(b) True Teacher.
(c) Good Follower.
(d) Blanket Chief.

5. Who was made the subject in painter, John Mix Stanley's painting named, "The Trapper's Last Shot"?
(a) Kit Carson.
(b) Joseph Meek.
(c) Jim Bridger.
(d) Tom Fitzpatrick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Jim Bridger's horse that he mounted to ride off to save Joseph Meek?

2. Washington Irving wrote about Sublette's brigade on the march. What does Washington write about Sublette's arm?

3. From what tribe did Joseph Meek's wife come from?

4. What did Jim Bridger's father do?

5. Who did Jim apprentice in a blacksmith shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Old Glass was injured by a bear, why couldn't he travel with the men, and what was the solution the men came up with?

2. Even though beaver pelts were still plentiful, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company was struggling. What were some of the reasons for these struggles?

3. Why was it when a Grizzly bear has seen a person that the person is generally unable to get away?

4. Where did the Atsena Indians get their name of Big Bellies from?

5. Who hated the American Fur Company and why?

6. What happened when Joseph Meek laid down Sally so that he could live?

7. Why did the Crow chief come into Bridger's camp with forty men to request a truce?

8. In the old days of rendezvous trappers, how did the trappers live like lords?

9. Who was the bear that Prince Maximilian spoke of, and what was the story of this great bear?

10. What kinds of jobs did Jim Bridger first hold to help support himself and his sister?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 781 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample