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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. Pierre's Hole was home to what tribe that is described as the most implacable of tribes?
(a) Crow.
(b) Blackfeet.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) Sioux.

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

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

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

5. Who saved Kit Carson from being attacked by the Indians?
(a) Bridger.
(b) White.
(c) Montero.
(d) Fitzpatrick.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Washington Irving wrote about Sublette's brigade, he mentioned that there were what perched on top of some of the packs?

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

3. Where did a trapper or hunter have to deposit what he brought in?

4. What did Joseph Meek call his wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who hated the American Fur Company and why?

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

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

5. What is a greenhorn, and what did Jim Bridger become after he wasn't considered a greenhorn anymore?

6. When Colonel Leavenworth arrived at Fort Recovery, why was the Colonel looking glum?

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

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

9. What were some of the things Jim and Tom did to throw Vanderburgh off their trail?

10. Describe the area known as Pierre's Hole or Teton Basin.

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