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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men did Sir George Gore have in his entourage?
(a) 50.
(b) 37.
(c) 55.
(d) 62..

2. In the beginning of Chapter 20, where did President Buchanan order troops to be sent?
(a) California.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Utah.

3. Chapter 16 mentions a cold afternoon when Bridger's dogs began to bark. Bridger peers through his loophole and sees how many dark figures?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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) Hot meat.
(c) Corn husks.
(d) Buffalo skins.

5. The summer of 1842, Bourdeaux was in charge at Fort Laramie with how many clerks?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

6. In the beginning of Chapter 25, what day of the year did the Sioux steel the horses at 5 o'clock in the morning?
(a) July 4th.
(b) July 17th.
(c) June 3rd.
(d) June 21st.

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

8. What was the name of the Cheyenne chief in Chapter 25?
(a) Crazy Horse.
(b) Black Horse.
(c) Sitting Bull.
(d) Buffalo Horn.

9. General Connor ordered his men to kill any male over the age of what?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

10. What did the Mormons pile in their houses when they were afraid the troops would sack their city?
(a) Buffalo chips.
(b) Wood chips.
(c) Straw.
(d) Wheat.

11. What did Jim Bridger find on the side of a trail that had Indian signs marked on them?
(a) Peace pipes.
(b) Buffalo skulls.
(c) Indian belts.
(d) Horse saddles.

12. What tribe did the scouts come from that Captain Frank North had in his battalion?
(a) Sioux.
(b) Pawnee.
(c) Ute.
(d) Cherokee.

13. The words "Hell's full of greenhorns" was known as what?
(a) The Indian and trapper agreement.
(b) The Indian wisdom.
(c) The frontier gospel.
(d) The Mountain Man oath.

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

15. Who was in charge of Connor's column that was headed northwest from the Lower Platte?
(a) Colonel Nelson Cole.
(b) Colonel Nick Janice.
(c) Colonel Patrick Powder.
(d) Colonel John Reshaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Indians and Mountain men always hunted for what two reasons?

2. How many days did the Donner party stop at Fort Bridger?

3. What did the emigrants call the trappers and traders?

4. Jim Bridger decided to build Fort Bridger among his friends from what tribe?

5. What was the date Jim Bridger leased his claim to Fort Bridger to the government?

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