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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men did Vanderburgh take with him into Blackfoot country?

2. What did Jim Bridger love better than people?

3. When the Crow chief came into Bridger's camp and requested peace, what tribe did he name as being the one he needed help in fighting against?

4. A prime beaver skin could sell for up to how many dollars?

5. When Old Ephraim ran across the Prince Maximilian party, how many rifle's worth of lead did he carry off with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the months when finding beavers and hunting furs wasn't easy, what kind of work did the men do so that they would still have work during the winters?

2. Why was the gift of being an explorer such an important asset to a fur trader?

3. What questions did the Crow chief ask Joseph Meek to tell the truth about so he could live?

4. In Chapter 4, what two traits were to be respected among the Indians?

5. When Bridger became a free trapper, what did he do with the furs and with his earnings?

6. In Chapter 3, as soon as the fort was built, Bridger set out with the other men to hunt and trap. What kind of animals does Bridger say they hunted or trapped?

7. After Old Glass was injured by a bear, why couldn't he travel with the men, and what was the solution the men came up with?

8. Describe what the spot looked like where the Mississippi River meets the Missouri River, according to Jim Bridger.

9. In the old days of rendezvous trappers, how did the trappers live like lords?

10. While Joseph Meek was marching with the Crow Indians, what did the squaws do to Meek amuse themselves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Jim Bridger and other Mountain Men benefited in knowing and working with the Indian tribes. Describe how the Indian tribes benefited from knowing and working with the Mountain men. Use specific information from the book to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

This book was a biography written by Stanley Vestal; therefore, it's a book about Jim Bridger written by someone else. How do you think this book would have been different if Bridger would have written it himself? What are some events or people that you think would have been described differently had Bridger written the book himself? Explain your answers and use specific information from the book to support your views.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the reasons given in the book to why Jim Bridger and Brigham Young didn't get along? What do you feel were reasons for the animosity between Bridger and Young? Do you think animosity is the right word? What other words would describe the relationship between Bridger and Brigham Young? Do you think these two individuals could have ever been friends? Why or why not?

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