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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of work did the Crow Indians make Joseph Meek do for them?
(a) Cook.
(b) Sing.
(c) Wash the horses.
(d) Hunt.

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

3. Pierre's Hole was home to what tribe that is described as the most implacable of tribes?
(a) Blackfeet.
(b) Crow.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) Sioux.

4. In Chapter 6, the air was described to be like what?
(a) Ice.
(b) Wine.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Wet.

5. Why did Bridger and Fitzpatrick pass across the head of buffalo herds to cover their tracks?
(a) Because they could always have food nearby.
(b) Because the hooves of the buffalo would wipe away their trail.
(c) Because they could follow the buffalo herd and stay hidden.
(d) Because the smell of the buffalo would overpower the man's smell.

6. When eight hundred Indians caught the Colonel napping in Chapter 3, how many men did they kill?
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fourteen.

7. When Bridger went to shake the chief's hand in Chapter 8, the chief pushed the muzzle of the gun down and Bridger fired automatically. Where did the the charge explode?
(a) Between Fitzpatrick's feet.
(b) Between Bridger's feet.
(c) Between the chief's feet.
(d) Between a warrior's feet.

8. What was the name of the steamboat that carried passengers up the Missouri beyond Franklin?
(a) The United.
(b) The Independence.
(c) The Explorer.
(d) The National.

9. Hugh Glass was a hunter from where?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Fairfax.

10. How many Crow squaws guarded Joseph Meek?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

11. What was a booshway?
(a) An Indian scout.
(b) A boss.
(c) A new trapper.
(d) A teacher.

12. Who saved Cotton Mansfield when the Indians were running after him to get his scalp?
(a) Jim Bridger.
(b) Tom Fitzpatrick.
(c) Kit Carson.
(d) Captain Bonneville.

13. What happened to the men from Sublette's brigade that headed out ahead of the group?
(a) They found some lost horses and brought them back.
(b) They ran into another brigade.
(c) They were killed by Blackfeet Indians.
(d) The got lost and turned the wrong way.

14. At the fort Big Horn men were divided into messes. How many people were a part of one "mess"?
(a) Nine..
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

15. How old was Jim when his mother died?
(a) Going on ten.
(b) Going on twelve.
(c) Going on fourteen.
(d) Going on seventeen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even though Bridger was hospitable and generous, he was not fond of what?

2. Jim carried a small horn vial on his belt filled with what?

3. What tribe was named, "Big Bellies"?

4. What was the name of Bridger's favorite racehorse?

5. A man lucky enough to kill a grizzly proudly wore its claws as what?

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