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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. 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) June 21st.
(b) June 3rd.
(c) July 17th.
(d) July 4th.

2. In what year did General Grenville M. Dodge summon Jim Bridger to act as Chief of Scouts?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1867.

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

4. The Indians and Mountain men always hunted for what two reasons?
(a) Meat or pelts.
(b) Entertainment or money.
(c) Pelts or meat.
(d) Meat or game.

5. 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) William J. Fetterman.
(d) Phil Kearney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jim Bridger travel to give his opinion of the Mormons?

2. What did the Mormons pile in their houses when they were afraid the troops would sack their city?

3. Who was Sir George Gore's favorite author?

4. In Chapter 26, what that Jim Bridger possessed is something he took for granted?

5. What was the name of the Cheyenne chief in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In 1846, which party stopped by Fort Bridger and why?

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

5. In Chapter 18, what was the first move the Saints tried to make on the Mountain men, and what happened?

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

7. In Chapter 22, what did the Army pay Jim Bridger and what supplies did they provide to him?

8. What did Jim Bridger know the first duty of a chief or an officer was?

9. When Bridger built Fort Bridger, he built four log cabins within the stockade. What were these four cabins for?

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

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