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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the night of December 20th, who told everyone he must have one scalp before he left Fort Laramie?
(a) Angus MacDonald.
(b) Captain Fredrick H. Brown.
(c) Jim Bridger.
(d) Lieut. Glenn.

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

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) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. What time did Sir George Gore usually sleep until in the morning?
(a) Nine or ten.
(b) Eleven or twelve.
(c) Seven or Eight.
(d) Ten or eleven.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 14, Bridger and his men were riding over a ridge and the greenhorns mistook them for who?
(a) Raiding Crows.
(b) Raiding Sioux.
(c) Raiding Snake.
(d) Raiding Blackfeet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was located in the corner of Mrs. Bridger's room?

2. What year did Gore pack up his things and move to Tongue River?

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

4. Who believed Americans had a false notion of war?

5. Who said, "Boys, the trouble with you is you're all spunk and no gumption"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Fort Laramie.

2. What are some of the things that Jim Bridger did to help the Mormons and their leader, Brigham Young?

3. What was Fetterman's scheme to trick the enemy?

4. When the snow was gone and Bridger got ready to set out with Sir George Gore on the trail to Yellowstone, what did they bring with them?

5. In the winter of 1847, why did Joseph Meek come to visit Bridger?

6. Why did Jim Bridger's stay at home in Chapter 22 not last long?

7. What quality Chapter 21 did Jim Bridger have that made him superior to other Mountain Men?

8. What were some of Sir George Gore's morning habits?

9. Why did the Indians give Jim Bridger the name of "Big Throat"?

10. In Chapter 17, when the Cheyenne Indians brought the two scalps and offered them back to the Snake Indians, what happened?

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