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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. Which type of bear did Russell shoot in the shoulder before being attacked in Part 1?
(a) Sun.
(b) Cave.
(c) Grizzly.
(d) Brown.

2. What was the highest number of Indians which Russell stayed with on the trip he took alone in Part 2?
(a) Sixteen hundred.
(b) Fourteen hundred.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Eighteen hundred.

3. What term was used to describe the earth as the men camped by the hot springs of Yellowstone in Part 2 (pp. 84-103)?
(a) Endless.
(b) Free.
(c) Hollow.
(d) Full.

4. Which one of the following was not included in the group of men that joined the expedition with Russell in Part 1?
(a) Scientists.
(b) Trappers.
(c) Painters.
(d) Missionaries.

5. When the raft fell apart on the return trip across the Fork, what did Russell worry about losing?
(a) His tents, but not his clothes.
(b) Neither his clothes nor his tents.
(c) His clothes, but not his tents.
(d) His clothes and tents.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did the hunters discover the sixty Indian lodges in Part 1?

2. As a result of the battle with the Indians in the Teton Mountains, where was one man shot and injured?

3. What type of meat did Russell have while staying with Bridger's men between February and March?

4. How was Russell's stay through the winter in Part 2 (pp.64-83), before leaving in February?

5. What month was it when Part 2 began?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Secluded Valley like at night, and what did Russell hunt there in 1837?

2. How did the trappers respond to the apology given to them by the Indians at the end of Part 2 (pp. 104-123)?

3. Which Indians did Russell meet at Yellowstone in Part 2 (pp. 44-63), and what did he trade with them?

4. How did Russell describe the Yellowstone Lake area in Part 2 (pp. 84-103)?

5. When did Osborne Russell's Journal of a Trapper begin and who joined him?

6. How did the trappers lose and regain their possessions at Lewis' Fork in July, 1835?

7. What made hunting difficult for Russell and the other trappers in the spring of 1835?

8. How did the trappers avoid a battle with the Indians in February, 1837?

9. What rumors about Indian attacks did Russell and the trappers hear in Part 1?

10. How and where was Fort Hall built?

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