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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. Who was Sir George Gore's favorite author?
(a) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Louisa May Alcott.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

2. In Chapter 26, who said he was "sure a single company of regulars could whip a thousand Indians"?
(a) Sir Walter Scott.
(b) Phil Kearney.
(c) William J. Fetterman.
(d) Mark Twain.

3. In Chapter 14, the emigrants were liked to school boys lost where?
(a) In a big railroad station.
(b) In a women's kitchen.
(c) In the woods.
(d) Beyond the school house.

4. What was the first name of General William Henry Harrison's son?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) Michael.

5. What did the emigrants call the trappers and traders?
(a) French Indians.
(b) French men.
(c) Wild men.
(d) Tame Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did General Grenville M. Dodge summon Jim Bridger to act as Chief of Scouts?

2. What kind of work did the Crow Indians make Joseph Meek do for them?

3. The trail Jim Bridger proposed would later be the route of the Overland Stage, the Union Pacific Railroad, and what else?

4. Jim Bridger decided to build Fort Bridger among his friends from what tribe?

5. How long was the dog-run or tunnel in Fort Laramie?

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