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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Booshway- Chapter 8, 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Bridger's favorite racehorse?
(a) Tensly.
(b) Grohean.
(c) Giddup.
(d) Tracker.

2. What day was Jim Bridger's birthday?
(a) May 16th.
(b) April 10th.
(c) March 30th.
(d) March 17th.

3. How many men did Vanderburgh take with him into Blackfoot country?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty.

4. What would happen if a greenhorn set up drinks for all the old-timers?
(a) They would have to clean up everyone's campsite.
(b) They would be shaved bald.
(c) They would have to sing lullabies to the coyotes at night.
(d) They would have to sleep outside with no cover in the rain.

5. Who was the first American to harvest beaver fur west of the Rockies?
(a) Major Henry.
(b) John Colter.
(c) Franklin Tourin.
(d) Jim Bridger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tom "slap" over Jim's wounds from the arrows?

2. What did Jim Bridger love better than people?

3. How old was Jim when his mother died?

4. What kind of animal was Old Ephraim?

5. No free trapper could do what safely?

(see the answer key)

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