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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chief of Scouts- Chapter 22,23, and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the dog-run or tunnel in Fort Laramie?
(a) 25 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 15 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

2. When the Blackfeet attacked the Americans in Chapter 6, how much were the beaver pelts worth that were taken?
(a) $2,900.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $4,000.
(d) $3,500.

3. What would gnaw on the saddles and harnesses that the greenhorns left out at night?
(a) Wolves.
(b) The horses.
(c) The Mountain Men dogs.
(d) Coyotes.

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

5. On what area of the body did Jim Bridger develop goiter?
(a) Under his right armpit.
(b) Below his left eyebrow.
(c) Under his chin.
(d) On his calf.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the year was Jim Bridger enrolled as Chief Guide at Fort Kearney?

2. What was a booshway?

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

4. What tribe did the scouts come from that Captain Frank North had in his battalion?

5. Who was John C. Fremont's topographer?

(see the answer key)

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