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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. Jim Bridger decided to build Fort Bridger among his friends from what tribe?
(a) The Snakes.
(b) The Blackfeet.
(c) The Sioux.
(d) The Crow.

2. General Connor told Jim Bridger that his three columns were to meet at the mouth of what river?
(a) Greene.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Tongue.
(d) Mississippi.

3. What color was Jim Bridger's horse that he mounted to ride off to save Joseph Meek?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

4. Who was made the subject in painter, John Mix Stanley's painting named, "The Trapper's Last Shot"?
(a) Joseph Meek.
(b) Kit Carson.
(c) Tom Fitzpatrick.
(d) Jim Bridger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Meek's answer when the Crow chief asked him how many men Bridger had?

2. In what year was Jim Bridger born?

3. Who did the Crow chief give the new name of "Shiam Shaspusia"?

4. Who was Sir George Gore's favorite author?

5. What did the young Crow warrior strike Joseph Meek's wife with?

(see the answer key)

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