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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Guide- Chapter 19, 20, and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Blackfeet attacked the Americans in Chapter 6, how many horses did they take?
(a) 40.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 35.

2. When the Blackfeet attacked the Americans in Chapter 6, how much were the beaver pelts worth that were taken?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $3,500.
(d) $2,900.

3. In Chapter 8, Bridger and Fitzpatrick headed back towards Henry's Fork of what river?
(a) The Bear River.
(b) The Yellowstone River.
(c) The Snake River.
(d) The Greene River.

4. Jim Bridger had to know more than just the layout of the country; he had to know how to do what?
(a) Guide a horse through danger.
(b) Teach new trappers the trade.
(c) Find the Indians.
(d) Live in the country.

5. In the same year that Jim Bridger was born, Lewis and Clark set out up what river?
(a) Yellowstone River.
(b) Mississippi River.
(c) Red River.
(d) Missouri River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the emigrants call the trappers and traders?

2. Who did the Indians say "talked sense and told the truth"?

3. Who was nicknamed, "King of the Keelboat Men"?

4. What would gnaw on the saddles and harnesses that the greenhorns left out at night?

5. In Chapter 8, who told Bridger not to be afraid because they knew the Indians and that they were his wife's relatives?

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