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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. 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.

2. What had Mrs. Bridger lost in Chapter 16, that one of the groups of travelers had given her?
(a) A baby blanket.
(b) A butter knife.
(c) A skillet lid.
(d) A down pillow.

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

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

5. What did Joseph Meek say carried Jim's daughter away?
(a) "Them fightin' Injuns."
(b) "Them red devils."
(c) "Them rootin' tootin' greenhorns."
(d) "Them rotten scoundrel dogs."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who described Jim Bridger as having the eyes of an eagle in Chapter 22?

2. General Connor told Jim Bridger that his three columns were to meet at the mouth of what river?

3. In Chapter 14, the emigrants were liked to school boys lost where?

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

5. What was the name of Jim Bridger's son that was a veteran of the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Jim Bridger's motto in Chapter 21?

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

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

6. What happened that let Bridger see a chance for official backing concerning the Hot Springs, geysers, lake, and Fire Hole River?

7. Describe Fort Laramie.

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

9. 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?

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

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