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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chief of Scouts- Chapter 25 and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jim Bridger love better than people?
(a) Animals.
(b) His belongings.
(c) Places.
(d) Himself.

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

3. How old was Jim Bridger when his family headed west?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, who was the man that looked thin as a rail, red eyed, ragged, and unarmed?

2. When Sir George Gore ordered all the irons raked from the ashes, where did he ask the men to throw them?

3. On the night of December 20th, who told everyone he must have one scalp before he left Fort Laramie?

4. What color was Jim Bridger's horse that he mounted to ride off to save Joseph Meek?

5. Who did Jim apprentice in a blacksmith shop?

(see the answer key)

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