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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Valley did Bridger lead Captain Howard Stansbury down from?
(a) Cache.
(b) Green.
(c) Utah.
(d) Ogden.

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

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

4. When Parkman's story and words were referred to in Chapter 14, he mentioned that the water was alive with dogs, horses, and what?
(a) Moose.
(b) Indians.
(c) Bears.
(d) Buffalo.

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

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

7. Who said, "Boys, the trouble with you is you're all spunk and no gumption"?
(a) Phil Kearney.
(b) George W. Grummond.
(c) Horation S. Bingham.
(d) Jim Bridger.

8. When Jim Bridger opened his gate after hearing someone knock, which of his friends was there?
(a) Brigham Young.
(b) Kit Carson.
(c) Tom Fitzpatrick.
(d) Joe Meek.

9. 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) June 21st.
(c) July 17th.
(d) June 3rd.

10. What place was the largest trading post in the West?
(a) Fort Union.
(b) Fort Hood.
(c) Fort Laramie.
(d) Fort Bridger.

11. When the rest of the men came in after Joseph Meek, what did Jim Bridger fix for them to eat?
(a) Cowboy pie.
(b) Corn husks.
(c) Buffalo skins.
(d) Hot meat.

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

13. Who believed Americans had a false notion of war?
(a) General W.B. Hazen.
(b) Jim Bridger.
(c) Colonel Carrington.
(d) Mark Twain.

14. In the opening of Chapter 16, where was Brigham Young's caravan headed?
(a) Yellowstone.
(b) California.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Salt Lake.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who told Bridger they wanted him to find a more direct route for wagons from Fort Bridger to the South Platte.

3. In Chapter 14, when Bridger decided to "set his moccasins on a new trail" his experience was likened to that of whom?

4. Jim Bridger once told a group of eager treasure hunters that on the top of a mountain they could find a great big what?

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

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