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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chief of Scouts- Chapter 27, 28 and 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the name Casapy mean that the Crow Indians had given to Bridger?
(a) Good Follower.
(b) Blanket Chief.
(c) True Teacher.
(d) Guiding One.

2. How much was the fur harvest with that Captain William Sublette headed back to St. Louis with?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $125,000.
(c) $170,000.
(d) $150,000.

3. Bridger was interviewed by a newspaper editor, but the editors friend told him not to take any stock in what?
(a) Greenhorn stories.
(b) Indian folklore.
(c) Mountain legends.
(d) Trapper's tales.

4. In Chapter 8, who told Bridger not to be afraid because they knew the Indians and that they were his wife's relatives?
(a) Vanderburgh.
(b) Sublette.
(c) Fitzpatrick.
(d) Loretto.

5. Some of the older trappers had advantages over Jim. Who was a better businessman than Jim?
(a) Kit Carson.
(b) Hugh Glass.
(c) Bill Sublette.
(d) Major Henry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the young Crow warrior strike Joseph Meek's wife with?

3. Chapter 16 mentions a cold afternoon when Bridger's dogs began to bark. Bridger peers through his loophole and sees how many dark figures?

4. What did Jim Bridger find on the side of a trail that had Indian signs marked on them?

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

(see the answer key)

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