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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bridger went to shake the chief's hand in Chapter 8, the chief pushed the muzzle of the gun down and Bridger fired automatically. Where did the the charge explode?
(a) Between a warrior's feet.
(b) Between Bridger's feet.
(c) Between the chief's feet.
(d) Between Fitzpatrick's feet.

2. Who was the original owner of the American Fur Company?
(a) John Jacob Astor.
(b) Jim Bridger.
(c) Joseph Meek.
(d) Tom Fitzpatrick.

3. Why did Bridger and Fitzpatrick pass across the head of buffalo herds to cover their tracks?
(a) Because they could follow the buffalo herd and stay hidden.
(b) Because they could always have food nearby.
(c) Because the hooves of the buffalo would wipe away their trail.
(d) Because the smell of the buffalo would overpower the man's smell.

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

5. A prime beaver skin could sell for up to how many dollars?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many arrows did the young warrior shoot into Jim Bridger's back?

2. Who was the first American to harvest beaver fur west of the Rockies?

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

4. Who volunteered with Bridger to keep an eye on Hugh Glass after he was badly injured?

5. How old was Jim Bridger when his family headed west?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the gift of being an explorer such an important asset to a fur trader?

2. What were some of Jim Bridger's discoveries in Chapter 6?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. What dramatic events took place when Bridger was going on fourteen years old?

8. In Chapter 4, what two traits were to be respected among the Indians?

9. In Chapter 8, why were Jim and Tom leading Vanderburgh on a "wild goose chase"?

10. When Bridger became a free trapper, what did he do with the furs and with his earnings?

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