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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Boys, the trouble with you is you're all spunk and no gumption"?
(a) George W. Grummond.
(b) Jim Bridger.
(c) Horation S. Bingham.
(d) Phil Kearney.

2. Sir George Gore brought a lot of men to help him hunt what two animals?
(a) Dear and buffalo.
(b) Bear and elk..
(c) Bear and buffalo.
(d) Elk and buffalo.

3. Who believed Americans had a false notion of war?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) General W.B. Hazen.
(c) Jim Bridger.
(d) Colonel Carrington.

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

5. General Connor ordered his men to kill any male over the age of what?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 21.
(d) 10.

6. In the beginning of Chapter 20, where did President Buchanan order troops to be sent?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Utah.
(c) California.
(d) Wyoming.

7. On what day of the year was Jim Bridger enrolled as Chief Guide at Fort Kearney?
(a) January 20th.
(b) January 25th.
(c) January 11th.
(d) January 15th.

8. In Chapter 14, when Bridger decided to "set his moccasins on a new trail" his experience was likened to that of whom?
(a) Kit Carson.
(b) Francis Parkman.
(c) Charles Preuss.
(d) Tom Fitzpatrick.

9. When Parkman's story and words were referred to in Chapter 14, he mentioned that the water was alive with dogs, horses, and what?
(a) Moose.
(b) Bears.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Indians.

10. When Bridger's wife died during childbirth, she left him with a daughter named what?
(a) Reba.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Isabella.

11. In the beginning of Chapter 22, Jim Bridger is discharged on the last day of what month in 1865?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) November.

12. When Sir George Gore ordered all the irons raked from the ashes, where did he ask the men to throw them?
(a) Into the buffalo dung heep.
(b) Into the Missouri River.
(c) In the fire pit under the ashes.
(d) In a large hole that the men dug in the ground.

13. French Pete had a Sioux wife and how many children?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

15. How old was Jim Bridger's daughter when he sent her to the Whitman Mission School?
(a) Going on ten.
(b) Going on eight.
(c) Going on seven.
(d) Going on nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did Sir George Gore usually sleep until in the morning?

2. What was the name of the Cheyenne chief in Chapter 25?

3. How much did Jim Bridger agree to lease Fort Bridger to the government for?

4. What did Joseph Meek say carried Jim's daughter away?

5. Who was in charge of Connor's column that was headed northwest from the Lower Platte?

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