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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. In Chapter 9, what tribe did Bridger have to buy more horses from?

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

3. Who saved Kit Carson from being attacked by the Indians?

4. Why did Bridger and Fitzpatrick pass across the head of buffalo herds to cover their tracks?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where did the Atsena Indians get their name of Big Bellies from?

4. Why was it when a Grizzly bear has seen a person that the person is generally unable to get away?

5. Why did the Crow chief come into Bridger's camp with forty men to request a truce?

6. Why did Captain Sir William Drummond Stuart make people stare?

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

8. When Colonel Leavenworth arrived at Fort Recovery, why was the Colonel looking glum?

9. What were some of the things Jim and Tom did to throw Vanderburgh off their trail?

10. What is a greenhorn, and what did Jim Bridger become after he wasn't considered a greenhorn anymore?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think, as the years went by and towards the end of the book, there was more hostility between the white man and the Indians? What events and factors contributed to the crumbling relationship between the two races? What things do you think could have been done to mend the relationship between Indians and the white man? Use specific information from the book to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What new things did you learn from this book about Mountain Men and the way they lived and survived? What things surprised you or enlightened you about Jim Bridger's way of life? Use specific information to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Indians as seen through Jim Bridger's eyes. What qualities did Bridger admire in the Indians? What tribes were known as friends to Bridger? Describe the Indians as seen through the U.S. government's eyes? How do these two views differ and why?

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