View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Hudson's Bay Company monopolize all trade with the Indians?

2. In what year was Jim Bridger born?

3. In Chapter 4, Colonel Henry Leavenworth advanced up the river with how many companies?

4. In what year was the trappers rendezvous to be held in Pierre's Hole?

5. What did Jim Bridger's father do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who hated the American Fur Company and why?

2. While Joseph Meek was marching with the Crow Indians, what did the squaws do to Meek amuse themselves?

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

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

5. What questions did the Crow chief ask Joseph Meek to tell the truth about so he could live?

6. Why did Joseph Meek shoot a young brave in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the events that led up to Jim Bridger receiving two arrows in his back in Chapter 8. Why did Bridger receive these arrows to the back? Do you think they were deserved? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, there are tales of men losing their wives, either to the Indian attacks or during childbirth. Jim Bridger had more than one wife that died in childbirth, and one child that was taken by the Indians and never seen again. How do you think the familiarity of loved ones dying affected the Mountain Men, especially Jim Bridger? Even after the Indians took his daughter, do you think Jim Bridger kept an open mind about the Indians? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

This book was a biography written by Stanley Vestal; therefore, it's a book about Jim Bridger written by someone else. How do you think this book would have been different if Bridger would have written it himself? What are some events or people that you think would have been described differently had Bridger written the book himself? Explain your answers and use specific information from the book to support your views.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 723 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample