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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. When Sir George Gore ordered all the irons raked from the ashes, where did he ask the men to throw them?
(a) In the fire pit under the ashes.
(b) Into the Missouri River.
(c) In a large hole that the men dug in the ground.
(d) Into the buffalo dung heep.

2. What was the name of Joseph Meek's daughter?
(a) Mary.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Marie.
(d) Helen.

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

4. Bridger was interviewed by a newspaper editor, but the editors friend told him not to take any stock in what?
(a) Mountain legends.
(b) Trapper's tales.
(c) Greenhorn stories.
(d) Indian folklore.

5. What country was Sir George Gore from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Canada.
(c) France.
(d) Brazil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, there wasn't enough ammunition for what?

2. In Chapter 14, Jim Bridger is described as being as slick as what?

3. How much did Jim Bridger make per day working as a guide for the Army of Utah?

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

5. What did Jim Bridger find on the side of a trail that had Indian signs marked on them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What idea did Bridger develop when he experienced a number of emigrants coming to Fort Laramie?

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

3. What did one man offer Jim Bridger after he told the story of the big diamond on top of a mountain that could be seen from fifty miles away?

4. In Chapter 16, Bridger weny out with Kit Carson in the spring to what places?

5. Which tribes came to the treaty grounds of Fort Laramie, and who were some of the well known Indians that attended?

6. What is the reason that historians give for the quarrel between Brigham Young and Jim Bridger?

7. What happened to the artist and correspondent named Ridgeway Glover who went on a walk unarmed one afternoon?

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

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

10. How did Shotwell describe Jim Bridger in Chapter 24?

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