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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. What was the date Jim Bridger leased his claim to Fort Bridger to the government?
(a) October 30th.
(b) October 17th.
(c) November 20th.
(d) November 18th.

2. Who told Bridger they wanted him to find a more direct route for wagons from Fort Bridger to the South Platte.
(a) Tom Fitzpatrick.
(b) General Richard Gerard.
(c) Kit Carson
(d) Captain Howard Stansbury.

3. When the Crow chief came into Bridger's camp and requested peace, what tribe did he name as being the one he needed help in fighting against?
(a) The Snake.
(b) The Blackfeet.
(c) The Arapaho.
(d) The Sioux.

4. When Bridger went to shake the chief's hand in Chapter 8, the chief pushed the muzzle of the gun down and Bridger fired automatically. Where did the the charge explode?
(a) Between Fitzpatrick's feet.
(b) Between Bridger's feet.
(c) Between the chief's feet.
(d) Between a warrior's feet.

5. What was the name of Bridger's favorite racehorse?
(a) Grohean.
(b) Tracker.
(c) Giddup.
(d) Tensly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saved Kit Carson from being attacked by the Indians?

2. Jim Bridger was a born what?

3. Pierre's Hole was home to what tribe that is described as the most implacable of tribes?

4. When Washington Irving wrote about Sublette's brigade, he mentioned that there were what perched on top of some of the packs?

5. In Chapter 8, who told Bridger not to be afraid because they knew the Indians and that they were his wife's relatives?

(see the answer key)

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