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

2. What did the Crow chief tell Joseph Meek he needed to do in order to live?
(a) Follow their orders.
(b) Spy on his own people.
(c) Tell the truth.
(d) Kill his brother.

3. When the Crow chief came into Bridger's camp and requested peace, what tribe did he name as being the one he needed help in fighting against?
(a) The Sioux.
(b) The Blackfeet.
(c) The Snake.
(d) The Arapaho.

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

5. From what tribe did Joseph Meek's wife come from?
(a) Crow.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Snake.
(d) Blackfeet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the Blackfeet attacked the Americans in Chapter 6, how many horses did they take?

3. Who was the original owner of the American Fur Company?

4. In Chapter 7, who was the man that looked thin as a rail, red eyed, ragged, and unarmed?

5. Jim Bridger was a born what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance did Dr. Marcus Whitman have in Jim Bridger's life?

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

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

5. Why did Captain Sir William Drummond Stuart make people stare?

6. Why was it important for Jim to know more than the lay out or topography of the land?

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

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

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

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

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