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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. What was Jim Bridger's daughters name who he sent to Whitman Mission School?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Marie.
(c) Rebekah.
(d) Mary Ann.

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

3. The words "Hell's full of greenhorns" was known as what?
(a) The Mountain Man oath.
(b) The Indian wisdom.
(c) The Indian and trapper agreement.
(d) The frontier gospel.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 22, Jim Bridger is discharged on the last day of what month in 1865?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) November.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the year was Jim Bridger enrolled as Chief Guide at Fort Kearney?

2. Who was Jim Bridger's friend that he persuaded to come out to Fort Bridger and be partners with him?

3. How old was Jim Bridger's daughter when he sent her to the Whitman Mission School?

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?

5. What was the name of the paper where almost a whole page was dedicated to Jim Bridger?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. What were some of the mistakes that tourists made that stopped by Fort Bridger?

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

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

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

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

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