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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When the rest of the men came in after Joseph Meek, what did Jim Bridger fix for them to eat?
(a) Cowboy pie.
(b) Corn husks.
(c) Buffalo skins.
(d) Hot meat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was located in the corner of Mrs. Bridger's room?

2. After 1850, how many herds of buffalo were there?

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

4. French Pete had a Sioux wife and how many children?

5. What was the name of the paper where almost a whole page was dedicated to Jim Bridger?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which tribes came to the treaty grounds of Fort Laramie, and who were some of the well known Indians that attended?

2. What was Jim Bridger's motto in Chapter 21?

3. In Chapter 17, when the Cheyenne Indians brought the two scalps and offered them back to the Snake Indians, what happened?

4. What quality Chapter 21 did Jim Bridger have that made him superior to other Mountain Men?

5. What happened that let Bridger see a chance for official backing concerning the Hot Springs, geysers, lake, and Fire Hole River?

6. Describe Fort Laramie.

7. How did Jim Bridger excel at trailing?

8. When Bridger built Fort Bridger, he built four log cabins within the stockade. What were these four cabins for?

9. In Chapter 18, what was the first move the Saints tried to make on the Mountain men, and what happened?

10. In the winter of 1847, why did Joseph Meek come to visit Bridger?

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