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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Gore pack up his things and move to Tongue River?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1849.

2. In Parkman's words, the poles that were used to erect the lodges were carried by what?
(a) Women and children.
(b) Horses.
(c) Men.
(d) Dogs.

3. How many days did the Donner party stop at Fort Bridger?
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. Where did Jim Bridger travel to give his opinion of the Mormons?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) New York City.

5. The trail Jim Bridger proposed would later be the route of the Overland Stage, the Union Pacific Railroad, and what else?
(a) The Pony Express.
(b) The Mountain Man Rendezvous Camp.
(c) The gold rush trail.
(d) The Morman Calvery.

6. What did the Mormons pile in their houses when they were afraid the troops would sack their city?
(a) Buffalo chips.
(b) Straw.
(c) Wood chips.
(d) Wheat.

7. When Bridger left Fort Leramie, he rode back to Fort Bridger where he married a woman from what tribe?
(a) Sioux.
(b) Crow.
(c) Blackfeet.
(d) Snake.

8. What was Jim Bridger's daughters name who he sent to Whitman Mission School?
(a) Mary Ann.
(b) Marie.
(c) Rebekah.
(d) Cynthia.

9. Who was John C. Fremont's topographer?
(a) Kit Carson.
(b) Jim Bridger.
(c) Gabe Rogers.
(d) Charles Preuss.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 14, Bridger and his men were riding over a ridge and the greenhorns mistook them for who?
(a) Raiding Crows.
(b) Raiding Blackfeet.
(c) Raiding Sioux.
(d) Raiding Snake.

11. What was the name of the paper where almost a whole page was dedicated to Jim Bridger?
(a) Buffalo Post.
(b) Kearney Herald.
(c) Frontier Sun.
(d) Missouri Journal.

12. What kind of animal's udder did Jim Bridger use to feed his new baby girl?
(a) Cow.
(b) Antelope.
(c) Goat.
(d) Buffalo.

13. What was the name of the Cheyenne chief in Chapter 25?
(a) Buffalo Horn.
(b) Black Horse.
(c) Crazy Horse.
(d) Sitting Bull.

14. What Valley did Bridger lead Captain Howard Stansbury down from?
(a) Green.
(b) Utah.
(c) Ogden.
(d) Cache.

15. How much did the Army pay Jim Bridger per day to be the Chief of Scouts?
(a) $15.
(b) $10.
(c) $5.
(d) $20.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jim Bridger arrived at his home in Santa Fe, he had a son named what?

2. In Chapter 26, who said he was "sure a single company of regulars could whip a thousand Indians"?

3. When Parkman's story and words were referred to in Chapter 14, he mentioned that the water was alive with dogs, horses, and what?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 22, Jim Bridger is discharged on the last day of what month in 1865?

5. In Chapter 14, the emigrants were liked to school boys lost where?

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